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Fatal Disseminated Cryptococcus gattii Infection in New Mexico

Year: 2011

Type: article

Study design: Case Report

Abstract: We report a case of fatal disseminated infection with Cryptococcus gattii in a patient from New Mexico. The patient had no history of recent travel to known C. gattii-endemic areas. Multilocus sequence typing revealed that the isolate belonged to the major molecular type VGIII. Virulence studies in a mouse pulmonary model of infection demonstrated that the strain was less virulent than other C. gattii strains. This represents the first documented case of C. gattii likely acquired in New Mexico.

Source: PLoS ONE

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028625

Authors: Carla J. Walraven, Wendy Gerstein, Sarah E. Hardison, Floyd Wormley, Shawn R. Lockhart, Julie R. Harris, Annette Fothergill, Brian Wickes, Julie Gober-Wilcox, Larry Massie, T. S. Neil Ku, Carolina Firacative, Wieland Meyer, Samuel A. Lee

Institutions: University of New Mexico, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, New Mexico VA Health Care System, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, The University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Fungal Infections and Studies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,382

Funders: Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Award: G6265158983

OpenAlex ID: W2118165589

FWCI: 4.321

Cites: 45

Cited by: 41

Related to: 10