Cryptococcus laurentii Fungemia

In the last few years there has been an increasing incidence of infection due to non-neoformans Cryptococcus spp. especially in immunocompromised host. Cryptococcus laurentii is a non-neoformans Cryptococcus which has rarely been known to cause bacteremia and pulmonary infection in humans. Here we r...

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Published inIndian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 75 - 77
Main Authors Banerjee, P, Haider, M, Trehan, V, Mishra, B, Thakur, A, Dogra, V, Loomba, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications 01.01.2013
Elsevier Limited
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Antifungal Agents - pharmacology
Cryptococcosis - diagnosis
Cryptococcosis - microbiology
Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus - classification
Cryptococcus - isolation & purification
Cryptococcus laurentii
Culture Media - chemistry
Fungal infections
Fungemia - diagnosis
Fungemia - microbiology
Health facilities
Heart attacks
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Microbiological Techniques - methods
Mycological Typing Techniques
Mycology - methods
Parenteral nutrition
Patients
Risk factors
Studies
Cryptococcus
fungemia
infection
sepsis
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Summary:In the last few years there has been an increasing incidence of infection due to non-neoformans Cryptococcus spp. especially in immunocompromised host. Cryptococcus laurentii is a non-neoformans Cryptococcus which has rarely been known to cause bacteremia and pulmonary infection in humans. Here we report a case of fungemia due to Cryptococcus laurentii.
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ISSN:0255-0857
1998-3646
DOI:10.4103/0255-0857.108731