Current Status of Cryptococcosis in Canada

• Published in: Mycoses
• Main Authors: Sekhon, A. S., Bannerjee, S. N., Mielke, B. M., Idikio, H., Wood, G., Dixon, J. M. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1990
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/myc.1990.33.2.73; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmyc.1990.33.2.73; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/myc.1990.33.2.73

Summary The concurrent use of microscopic, cultural, histopathologic and immunologic procedures enabled us to diagnose 91 cases of cryptococcosis, belonging to cutaneous, pulmonary, meningeal and disseminated types, from the time this mycosis was first reported in Canada in 1953 to the present. Thes...