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. 1978 Mar;7(3):316–318. doi: 10.1128/jcm.7.3.316-318.1978

Atypical isolate of Cryptococcus neoformans cultured from sputum of a patient with pulmonary cancer and blastomycosis.

S A Moser, L Friedman, A R Varraux
PMCID: PMC274926  PMID: 348724

Abstract

Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated repeatedly from a patient with epider-moid carcinoma and pulmonary blastomycosis. The isolate was atypical in that it had only a minute capsule, caused persistent infection but no perceptible disease in mice, and initially appeared not to assimilate trehalose. Only after an incubation of 2 to 3 weeks did utilization of this substrate become apparent.

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