Is Cryptococcus gattii a Primary Pathogen?
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Is Cryptococcus gattii a Primary Pathogen?
The two etiologic agents of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis, Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, have been commonly designated as either an opportunistic pathogen for the first species or as a primary pathogen for the second species. Such a distinction has been based on epidemiological findings that the majority of patients presenting meningoencephalitis caused by C. neoformans are immunoco...
متن کاملCorrection: Kwon-Chung, K.J. et al. Is Cryptococcus gattii a Primary Pathogen? J. Fungi 2015, 1, 154–167
The authors of the published paper [1] would like to correct Table 1.[...].
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Fungi
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2309-608X
DOI: 10.3390/jof1020154