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Repeated isolation of Cryptococcus laurentii from the oropharynx of an immunocompromized patient

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Cryptococcus laurentii is one of the non-neoformans cryptococci that have rarely been isolated from humans. We report a case of repeated colonization of the oropharynx by Cr. laurentii in a patient with erythroleukaemia. The isolate was identified by phenotypic and genotypic tests and showed resistance to fluconazole.

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  1. Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent

    T. G. M. Bauters & H. J. Nelis

  2. Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

    D. Swinne

  3. Yeast Division, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Utrecht, The Netherlands

    T. Boekhout

  4. Department of Hematology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    L. Noens

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Bauters, T.G.M., Swinne, D., Boekhout, T. et al. Repeated isolation of Cryptococcus laurentii from the oropharynx of an immunocompromized patient. Mycopathologia 153, 133–135 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014551200043

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