AIDS patient death caused by novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii hybrid.
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.
Bovers
Marjan
M
University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hagen
Ferry
F
Kuramae
Eiko E
EE
Hoogveld
Hans L
HL
Dromer
Françoise
F
St-Germain
Guy
G
Boekhout
Teun
T
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