Retrospective study of the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of Cryptococcus gattii infections in Colombia from 1997-2011.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on November 20, 2014

Authors

Jairo Lizarazo1, Patricia Escandón2, Clara Inés Agudelo2, Carolina Firacative3, Wieland Meyer4, Elizabeth Castañeda2

Author Affiliations

1: Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia.
2: Microbiology Group, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia.
3: Microbiology Group, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia; Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia.
4: Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia.

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