First Report of a Case of Meningitis Caused by Cryptococcus adeliensis in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

AUTOR(ES)

Rimek, Dagmar

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Cryptococcus adeliensis is a recently described new fungal species which has been isolated from decaying algae in Terre Adelie, Antarctica. We report the first known case of meningitis caused by C. adeliensis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

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