Editorial Commentary: Cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii
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Cutaneous cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii.
A case of cutaneous cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in an immunocompetent host is presented. In addition a review of the literature on this subject was carried out and a brief comment made on occurrence of the variety gattii in Brazil.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit342