Molecular type distribution and fluconazole susceptibility of clinical Cryptococcus gattii isolates from South African laboratory-based surveillance, 2005-2013.

• Main Authors: Serisha D Naicker (Author), Carolina Firacative (Author), Erika van Schalkwyk (Author), Tsidiso G Maphanga (Author), Juan Monroy-Nieto (Author), Jolene R Bowers (Author), David M Engelthaler (Author), Wieland Meyer (Author), Nelesh P Govender (Author), for GERMS-SA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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As is the case globally, Cryptococcus gattii is a less frequent cause of cryptococcosis than Cryptococcus neoformans in South Africa. We performed multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and fluconazole susceptibility testing of 146 isolates randomly selected from 750 South African patients with C. gattii...