Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa infection in man, Japan, 2007.
We report a patient in Japan infected with Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa who had no recent history of travel to disease-endemic areas. This strain was identical to the Vancouver Island outbreak strain R265. Our results suggest that this virulent strain has spread to regions outside North America.
Okamoto
Koh
K
University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Hatakeyama
Shuji
S
Itoyama
Satoru
S
Nukui
Yoko
Y
Yoshino
Yusuke
Y
Kitazawa
Takatoshi
T
Yotsuyanagi
Hiroshi
H
Ikeda
Reiko
R
Sugita
Takashi
T
Koike
Kazuhiko
K
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D056285:Cryptococcus gattii / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors