title: Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa infection in man, Japan, 2007.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: Koh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoyama
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nukui
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitazawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yotsuyanagi
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
mesh_terms: 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