Cryptococcus gattii meningoencephalitis in an HIV-negative patient from the Peruvian Andes

Autor: Gutierrez,Ericson L., Valqui,Willi, Vilchez,Luis, Evangelista,Lourdes, Crispin,Sarita, Tello,Mercedes, Ñavincopa,Marcos, Béjar,Vilma, Gonzáles,José, Ortega-Loayza,Alex G.

Publikováno v: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.43 n.4 2010
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We report a case of an immunocompetent Peruvian patient from the Andes with a one-month history of meningoencephalitis. Cryptococcus gattii was identified from a cerebrospinal fluid culture through assimilation of D-proline and D-tryptophan as the si

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