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First report of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B from Greece
A Velegraki1, V G Kiosses, H Pitsouni
1Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece. avelegra@acropolis.net
Medical Mycology
|June 11, 2002
Abstract:
A plethora of cases of Cryptococcus neoformans infections have been recorded worldwide in immunocompromised individuals. The number of such cases showed a steady rise before 1981 and increased dramatically thereafter due to the AIDS epidemic. A similar pattern has been seen in Greece but, so far, infections appear to have been caused by C. neoformans var. neoformans. This paper describes for the first time two culture-proven C. n. var. gattii serotype B infections in Greece, one in an AIDS patient and one in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.