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Crytococcus neoformans var. gattii in an AIDS patient: first observation in Mexico
L R Castanón-Olivares1, R Lopez-Martínez, G Barriga-Angulo
1Departamento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF.
Abstract:
We report the first, as far as we know, Mexican case of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B associated with AIDS in a female patient. The HIV was transmitted to the patient through a blood transfusion. This patient represents, worldwide, the ninth case of C. neoformans var. gattii in patients with AIDS.