title: Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent patient from Southern Italy.
abstract: Cryptococcus gattii has becoming more prevalent in temperate climate zones, during the past decades. We describe a C. gattii serotype B infection in an immunocompetent Italian patient with sclerosing cholangitis. The patient traveled once to Eastern Canada and otherwise no other countries than Italy were visited. Molecular analysis revealed that the C. gattii isolate belong to genotype AFLP4/VGI and has mating-type α which is the most common genotype in the Mediterranean environment. The C. gattii strain was found to be closely related, but not identical, to other C. gattii strains from the Mediterranean area.
authors: Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Section of Hygiene, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare, 11, 70124, Bari, Italy. iroberta@hotmail.com
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Iatta
authors: Ferry
authors: F
authors: Hagen
authors: Cecilia
authors: C
authors: Fico
authors: Nunzia
authors: N
authors: Lopatriello
authors: Teun
authors: T
authors: Boekhout
authors: Maria Teresa
authors: MT
authors: Montagna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054458:Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000150:complications; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D056285:Cryptococcus gattii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049770:Genes, Mating Type, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012703:Serotyping; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed