| correlation of genotype and in vitro susceptibilities of cryptococcus gattii strains from the pacific northwest of the united states. | cryptococcus gattii emerged in north america in 1999 as a human and veterinary pathogen on vancouver island, british columbia. the emergent subtype, vgiia, and the closely related subtype vgiib can now be found in the united states in washington, oregon, and california. we performed multilocus sequence typing and antifungal susceptibility testing on 43 isolates of c. gattii from human patients in oregon, washington, california, and idaho. in contrast to vancouver island, vgiia was the most frequ ... | 2010 | 20007380 |
| emergence of cryptococcus gattii-- pacific northwest, 2004-2010. | cryptococcus is a genus of fungi, of which two species, cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii, cause nearly all human and animal cryptococcal infections. whereas c. neoformans primarily affects persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) worldwide, c. gattii primarily affects hiv-uninfected persons in tropical and subtropical regions. in december 2004, a case of human c. gattii infection was reported in oregon, associated with an outbreak on vancouver island and in mainlan ... | 2010 | 20651641 |