Low diversity Cryptococcus neoformans variety grubii multilocus sequence types from Thailand are consistent with an ancestral African origin.

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Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from houses of AIDS-associated cryptococcosis patients in Bujumbura (Burundi)36632

Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans, which is responsible for AIDS-associated cryptococcosis in Bujumbura, was isolated in the domestic environment of seven out of 20 patients with AIDS-associated cryptococcosis. The findings prove that in his own domestic environment, the HIV-positive patient in central Africa is frequently exposed to the yeast and these observations lead us to insist on the suitability of carrying out a systematic survey by means of soluble antigens-sensitized latex in every HIV-positive patient. This also proves the importance of a follow-up of the &#039;cured&#039; patients who easily can be recontaminated after their return home</p

A multidrug, including voriconazole, resistant oral candida infection in an AIDS patient effectively treated with echinocandin [letter]

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