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2018•Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen access

Evaluation of Vitek MS for Differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes

Lumena Pereira Machado Siqueira, Viviane Mazo Fávero Gimenes, Roseli Santos de Freitas, Márcia de Souza Carvalho Melhem, Lucas Xavier Bonfietti, Afonso Rafael da Silva, Letícia Bernabé Santos, Adriana Lopes Motta, Flávia Rossi, Gil Benard, João Nóbrega de Almeida

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Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the main pathogenic species of invasive cryptococcosis among the Cryptococcus species. Taxonomic studies have shown that these two taxa have different genotypes or molecular types with biological and ecoepidemiological peculiarities.

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Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the main pathogenic species of invasive cryptococcosis among the Cryptococcus species. Taxonomic studies have shown that these two taxa have different genotypes or molecular types with biological and ecoepidemiological peculiarities.

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Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the main pathogenic species of invasive cryptococcosis among the Cryptococcus species. Taxonomic studies have shown that these two taxa have different genotypes or molecular types with biological and ecoepidemiological peculiarities.

Key concepts: Cryptococcus gattii, Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus, Biology, Genotype, Microbiology, Fungi imperfecti

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