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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3548-3550, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3548-3550.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Case of Human Cryptococcosis Due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in Spain

M. Francisca Colom,1* Susana Frasés,1,{dagger} Consuelo Ferrer,2 Alejandro Jover,1,2 Mariano Andreu,3 Sergio Reus,4 Manuel Sánchez,1 and Josep M. Torres-Rodríguez5

División de Microbiología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain,1 Departamento de I+D+i, Vissum, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain,2 Servicio de Microbiología y,3 Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain,4 Laboratorio de Micología, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain5

Received 27 December 2004/ Returned for modification 23 February 2005/ Accepted 22 March 2005

We report the first case of human cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii described in our country, which was presented as brain cryptococcoma in an immunocompetent patient. An extensive sampling of the patient's environment was carried out to find the source of infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: División de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Sant Joan d'Alacant, 03550 Alicante, Spain. Phone: 34 965 919 453. Fax: 34 965 919 457. E-mail: colom{at}umh.es.

{dagger} Present address: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Infectious diseases, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3548-3550, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3548-3550.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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