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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2002, p. 3098-3099, Vol. 40, No. 8
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3098-3099.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Reported Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from a Patient in Singapore

M. B. Taylor,1* D. Chadwick,2 and T. Barkham3

Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore,1 Department of Infectious Diseases,2 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore3

Received 25 February 2002/ Returned for modification 6 May 2002/ Accepted 17 May 2002

ABSTRACT

Cryptococcal meningitis has long been known to afflict immunocompetent patients in Singapore. We report the first identification of an isolate of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from a Singaporean resident; this variety can cause invasive disease in the immunocompetent. Meningitis in a traveler returning from this area may be cryptococcal.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, The National University of Singapore, Block MD4, 5 Science Dr. 2, Singapore 117597, Singapore. Phone: (65) 68746741. Fax: (65) 67766872. E-mail: micmbt{at}nus.edu.sg.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2002, p. 3098-3099, Vol. 40, No. 8
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3098-3099.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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