ICAAC-IDSA: Fungal Pathogen Invading Northwest

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A fungal pathogen usually

found in tropical climes is creeping into the northwestern U.S., bringing

with it disease and death, a researcher said here.

Nineteen cases of documented disease caused by Cryptococcus

gattii have been identified in

Oregon and Washington since 2004,

most of them in the past two years, according to West, M.D., of Oregon

Health and Science University in Portland, Ore.

Discharge data in Oregon show that

about 75% of people with cryptococcosis had HIV,

cancer, or an organ transplant……..

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ICAAC-IDSA/11496

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