Cryptococcus gattii: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen in the Southeastern United States.

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Address: From the Microbiology Laboratory (BS, PH), Family Medicine Department (SC-G), Radiology Department (ALH) and Infectious Diseases and Travel Clinic (CF-P, PH), Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, Georgia; Hospital Infantil de Mexico (CF-P), Federico Gomez, México; Albany Neurology (KP), Albany, Georgia; and Mycotic Diseases Branch (SRL), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
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the authors present a case of severe meningoencephalitis with cryptococcomas and hydrocephalus due to Cryptococcus gattii of the molecular type VGI in an otherwise healthy man native to Southwest Georgia without any history of travel. Clinicians need to be aware of this Fungal Emerging Pathogen in the Southern United States.

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