Cryptococcal meningitis epidemiology: 17 years of experience in a State of the Brazilian Pantanal

CONCLUSIONS: The present study documents the occurrence of neurocryptococcosis, which is mainly caused by C. neoformans VNI, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with probable autochthonous cases in the Brazilian Pantanal, the world ’ s largest tropical wetland, and a biome where cryptococcosis has not yet been explored.
Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research