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Case Reports
. 2001 Oct;39(5):419-22.
doi: 10.1080/mmy.39.5.419.422.

First report of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B from Greece

A Velegraki  1 , V G Kiosses, H Pitsouni, D Toukas, V D Daniilidis, N J Legakis
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First report of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B from Greece

A Velegraki et al. Med Mycol. 2001 Oct.

Abstract

A plethora of cases of Cryptococcus neoformans infections have been recorded worldwide in immunocompromised individuals. The number of such cases showed a steady rise before 1981 and increased dramatically thereafter due to the AIDS epidemic. A similar pattern has been seen in Greece but, so far, infections appear to have been caused by C. neoformans var. neoformans. This paper describes for the first time two culture-proven C. n. var. gattii serotype B infections in Greece, one in an AIDS patient and one in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

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