First Case of Human Cryptococcosis Due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in Spain
Open Access
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (7), 3548-3550
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.7.3548-3550.2005
Abstract
We report the first case of human cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii described in our country, which was presented as brain cryptococcoma in an immunocompetent patient. An extensive sampling of the patient's environment was carried out to find the source of infection.Keywords
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