Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa infection in man, Japan, 2007

doi:10.3201/eid1607.100106

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. 2010 Jul;16(7):1155-7.

doi: 10.3201/eid1607.100106.

Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa infection in man, Japan, 2007

Koh Okamoto¹, Shuji Hatakeyama, Satoru Itoyama, Yoko Nukui, Yusuke Yoshino, Takatoshi Kitazawa, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Reiko Ikeda, Takashi Sugita, Kazuhiko Koike

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DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.100106

Case Reports

Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa infection in man, Japan, 2007

Koh Okamoto et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jul.

. 2010 Jul;16(7):1155-7.

doi: 10.3201/eid1607.100106.

Authors

Koh Okamoto¹, Shuji Hatakeyama, Satoru Itoyama, Yoko Nukui, Yusuke Yoshino, Takatoshi Kitazawa, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Reiko Ikeda, Takashi Sugita, Kazuhiko Koike

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¹ University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.

PMID: 20587194
PMCID: PMC3321916
DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.100106

Abstract

We report a patient in Japan infected with Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIa who had no recent history of travel to disease-endemic areas. This strain was identical to the Vancouver Island outbreak strain R265. Our results suggest that this virulent strain has spread to regions outside North America.

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Postcontrast T1-weighted magnetic resononance image of the brain of a 44-year-old man with cerebral cryptococomma in Japan, 2007, showing a rim-enhancing lobulated mass (lower right) with surrounding edema in the left occipital lobe.

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[1] Dixit A, Carroll SF, Qureshi ST. Cryptococcus gattii: an emerging cause of fungal disease in North America. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2009;2009:840452. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Dixit A, Carroll SF, Qureshi ST. Cryptococcus gattii: an emerging cause of fungal disease in North America. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2009;2009:840452. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Fraser JA, Giles SS, Wenink EC, Geunes-Boyer SG, Wright JR, Diezmann S, et al. Same-sex mating and the origin of the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii outbreak. Nature. 2005;437:1360–4. 10.1038/nature04220 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Fraser JA, Giles SS, Wenink EC, Geunes-Boyer SG, Wright JR, Diezmann S, et al. Same-sex mating and the origin of the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii outbreak. Nature. 2005;437:1360–4. 10.1038/nature04220 - DOI - PubMed

[5] Kidd SE, Hagen F, Tscharke RL, Huynh M, Bartlett KH, Fyfe M, et al. A rare genotype of Cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004;101:17258–63. 10.1073/pnas.0402981101 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Kidd SE, Hagen F, Tscharke RL, Huynh M, Bartlett KH, Fyfe M, et al. A rare genotype of Cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004;101:17258–63. 10.1073/pnas.0402981101 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Datta K, Bartlett KH, Baer R, Byrnes E, Galanis E, Heitman J, et al. Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15:1185–91. 10.3201/eid1508.081384 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Datta K, Bartlett KH, Baer R, Byrnes E, Galanis E, Heitman J, et al. Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15:1185–91. 10.3201/eid1508.081384 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Upton A, Fraser JA, Kidd SE, Bretz C, Bartlett KH, Heitman J, et al. First contemporary case of human infection with Cryptococcus gattii in Puget Sound: evidence for spread of the Vancouver Island outbreak. J Clin Microbiol. 2007;45:3086–8. 10.1128/JCM.00593-07 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Upton A, Fraser JA, Kidd SE, Bretz C, Bartlett KH, Heitman J, et al. First contemporary case of human infection with Cryptococcus gattii in Puget Sound: evidence for spread of the Vancouver Island outbreak. J Clin Microbiol. 2007;45:3086–8. 10.1128/JCM.00593-07 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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