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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2004, p. 481-483, Vol. 42, No. 1
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.481-483.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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

Dagmar Rimek,1* Gerhard Haase,3 Andreas Lück,2 Jochen Casper,2 and Andreas Podbielski1

Department of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene,1 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock,2 Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany3

Received 26 August 2003/ Returned for modification 20 September 2003/ Accepted 12 October 2003

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: TLLV, Department of Medical Microbiology, Nordhaeuser Str. 74, Haus 6, D-99089 Erfurt, Germany. Phone: 49-361-7409125. Fax: 49-361-7409111. E-mail: drimek{at}tllv.thueringen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2004, p. 481-483, Vol. 42, No. 1
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.481-483.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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