title: AIDS patient death caused by novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii hybrid.
abstract: Interspecies hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii have only recently been reported. We describe a novel C. neoformans x C. gattii hybrid strain (serotype AB) that was previously described as C. gattii and that caused a lethal infection in an AIDS patient from Canada.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bovers
authors.forename: Ferry
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: Eiko E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Kuramae
authors.forename: Hans L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Hoogveld
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dromer
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: St-Germain
authors.forename: Teun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boekhout
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D026141:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D011003:Ploidies; D012703:Serotyping