Journal
MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages 895-907Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.05.009
Keywords
Fungal infections; Cryptococcosis; Emerging outbreak; Pulmonary disease; Meningitis
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- NIH/NIAID [AI39115, AI50113, AI73896]
- British Columbia Lung Association
- WorkSafe BC
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
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Infectious fungi are among a broad group of microbial pathogens that has and continues to emerge concomitantly due to the global AIDS pandemic as well as an overall increase of patients with compromised immune systems. In addition, many pathogens have been emerging and re-emerging, causing disease in both individuals who have an identifiable immune defect and those who do not. The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii can infect individuals with and without an identifiable immune defect, with a broad geographic range including both endemic areas and emerging outbreak regions. Infections in patients and animals can be severe and often fatal if untreated. We review the molecular epidemiology, population structure, clinical manifestations, and ecological niche of this emerging pathogen. (C) 2011 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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