First Contemporary Case of Human Infection with Cryptococcus Gattii in Puget Sound: Evidence for Spread of the Vancouver Island Outbreak

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2007 Jun 29

PMID 17596366

Citations 45

Authors

Arlo Upton

James A Fraser

Sarah E Kidd

Camille Bretz

Karen H Bartlett

Joseph Heitman

Kieren A Marr

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Abstract

We report a case of cryptococcosis due to C. gattii which appears to have been acquired in the Puget Sound region, Washington State. Genotyping confirmed identity to the predominant Vancouver Island genotype. This is the first documented case of human disease by the major Vancouver Island emergence strain acquired within the United States.

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