First Report of a Case of Meningitis Caused by Cryptococcus adeliensis in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

ABSTRACT Cryptococcus adeliensis is a recently described new fungal species which has been isolated from decaying algae in Terre Adelie, Antarctica. We report the first known case of meningitis caused by C. adeliensis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing allogeneic peripheral blood st...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Main Authors: Rimek, Dagmar, Haase, Gerhard, Lück, Andreas, Casper, Jochen, Podbielski, Andreas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
Subjects:
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.42.1.481-483.2004
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.42.1.481-483.2004
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Summary:ABSTRACT Cryptococcus adeliensis is a recently described new fungal species which has been isolated from decaying algae in Terre Adelie, Antarctica. We report the first known case of meningitis caused by C. adeliensis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

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