CRYTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR GATTII IN AN AIDS PATIENT - FIRST OBSERVATION IN MEXICO

Authors
CASTANONOLIVARES LR LOPEZMARTINEZ R BARRIGAANGULO G RIOSROSAS C
Citation
Lr. Castanonolivares et al., CRYTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR GATTII IN AN AIDS PATIENT - FIRST OBSERVATION IN MEXICO, Journal of medical and veterinary mycology, 35(1), 1997, pp. 57-59
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Journal of medical and veterinary mycology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02681218
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
57 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-1218(1997)35:1<57:CNVGIA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
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.