Cryptococcus infections misdiagnosed in many AIDS patients
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Most AIDS patients, when diagnosed with a fungal infection known simply as cryptococcosis, are assumed to have an infection with Cryptococcus neoformans, but a recent study from Duke University Medical Center suggests that a sibling species, Cryptococcus gattii, is a more common cause than was previously known.