Cryptococcus laurentii Fungemia

P Banerjee; M Haider; V Trehan; B Mishra; A Thakur; V Dogra; P Loomba

doi:10.4103/0255-0857.108731

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Year : 2013 | Volume : 31 | Issue : 1 | Page : 75-77

Cryptococcus laurentii Fungemia

P Banerjee¹, M Haider¹, V Trehan², B Mishra¹, A Thakur¹, V Dogra¹, P Loomba¹
¹ Department of Microbiology, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi, India
² Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi, India

Correspondence Address:
M Haider
Department of Microbiology, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi
India

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DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.108731

In the last few years there has been an increasing incidence of infection due to non-neoformans Cryptococcus spp. especially in immunocompromised host. Cryptococcus laurentii is a non-neoformans Cryptococcus which has rarely been known to cause bacteremia and pulmonary infection in humans. Here we report a case of fungemia due to Cryptococcus laurentii.

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