Cryptococcus laurentii fungaemia in a cervical cancer patient

Infections caused by emerging Cryptococcus non-neoformans species are being reported with increasingly frequency. Here, we present a case of fungaemia by Cryptococcus laurentii in a woman receiving aggressive immunosuppressive therapy for cervical neoplasia. Three venous blood samples were aseptical...

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Main Authors: Rejane Pereira Neves, Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima Neto, Melyna Chaves Leite, Vanessa Karina Alves da Silva, Franz de Assis Graciano dos Santos, Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira Macêdo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S141386701500149X