Laboratory Medicine ›› 2017, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 1065-1069.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2017.011.028

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Research progress in the clinical characteristics of Cryptococcus gattii infection and its determination

JIN Liang, SHEN Dingxia   

  1. Department of Microbiology,Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital,Beijing 100853,China
  • Received:2017-04-19 Online:2017-11-30 Published:2017-12-07

Abstract:

Cryptococcus gattii predominantly infects immunocompetent persons,and mainly leads to pulmonary infection. The clinical characteristics of Cryptococcus gattii infection,treatment and prognosis,imaging and laboratory examination are different from those of Cryptococcus neoformans. This review focuses on the clinical and laboratory characteristics of Cryptococcus gattii infection.

Key words: Cryptococcus gattii, Clinical characteristic, Laboratory examination

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