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We report the first, as far as we know, Mexican case of meningitis cau
sed by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B associated with
AIDS in a female patient. The HIV was transmitted to the patient throu
gh a blood transfusion. This patient represents, worldwide, the ninth
case of C. neoformans var. gattii in patients with AIDS.