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AIDS patient death caused by novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii hybrid

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2008) 14(7) 1105-1108
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.080122
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Abstract

Interspecies hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii have only recently been reported. We describe a novel C. neoformans x C. gattii hybrid strain (serotype AB) that was previously described as C. gattii and that caused a lethal infection in an AIDS patient from Canada.

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Bovers, M., Hagen, F., Kuramae, E. E., Hoogveld, H. L., Dromer, F., St-Germain, G., & Boekhout, T. (2008). AIDS patient death caused by novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii hybrid. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(7), 1105–1108. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.080122

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