Cryptococcus Infection in Tropical Australia
Open Access
- 1 August 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 42 (8) , 3865-3868
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.42.8.3865-3868.2004
Abstract
Eighteen cases of disease caused by the saprophytic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus bacillisporus are described from the Northern Territory of Australia. The majority of infections were with Cryptococcus bacillisporus and in the rural Aboriginal population, often causing pulmonary mass lesions.Keywords
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