TABLE 1.

Pediatric isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans^a

RSA strain no.	Province	Specimen	Patient characteristic		Molecular type	ST	Ploidy	Mating type
			Gender	Age
110	MP	CSF	M	6 yr	VNI	8	n	α
164	GA	CSF	F	8 yr	VNI	13	n	α
438	EC	Blood	F	8 yr	VNI	2	2n	α/α
491	GA	Blood	M	6 yr	VNI	15	n	α
530	NW	CSF	F	11 yr	VNI	12	n	α
617	KZ	CSF	M	5 yr	VNI	8	n	α
984	KZ	Blood	F	9 yr	VNI	9	n	α
1040	EC	CSF	M	10 yr	VNI	2	n	α
1111	GA	CSF	F	11 yr	VNI	9	n	α
1162	KZ	CSF	F	11 yr	VNI	9	n	α
1171	KZ	CSF	F	4 yr	VNI	16	n	α
1190	KZ	Blood	F	7 yr	VNI	8	n	α
1195	KZ	CSF	M	9 yr	VNI	8	n	α
1234	MP	CSF	M	3 yr	VNI	2	n	α
1322	EC	CSF	F	13 yr	VNI	8	n	α
1640	MP	CSF	M	5 mo	VNI	4	n	α
1678	FS	CSF	M	12 yr	VNI	1	n	α
1848	GA	CSF	M	8 yr	VNI	2	n	α
1852	WC	Blood	M	5 yr	VNI	2	n	α
1857	NW	CSF	M	2 days	VNI	9	n	α
2278	FS	CSF	M	10 yr	VNI	9	n	α
2390	MP	CSF	F	10 yr	VNI	7	n	α
2449	WC	CSF	M	4 yr	VNI	4	n	α
2516	GA	CSF	F	8 yr	VNI	2	n	α
2634	GA	CSF	F	8 yr	VNI	1	n	α
2663	KZ	CSF	M	6 yr	VNI	8	n	α
2668	KZ	CSF	M	8 yr	VNI	8	n	α
2792	MP	CSF	F	4 mo	VNI	4	n	α
2806	KZ	CSF	M	6 yr	VNI	8	n	α
2893B	GA	CSF	M	2 yr	VNI	2	2n	α/α
2933	KZ	Blood	F	6 yr	VNI	16	n	α
2941	KZ	CSF	F	9 yr	VNI	5	n	α
2998	ND	CSF	F	10 yr	VNI	9	n	α
3162	MP	CSF	M	9 yr	VNI	4	n	α
3432	GA	CSF	F	5 mo	VNI	17	n	α
3671	KZ	CSF	M	5 yr	VNI	8	n	α
3689	EC	CSF	M	9 yr	VNI	13	2n	α/α
3741	MP	CSF	F	6 yr	VNI	2	n	α
3765	GA	CSF	M	8 yr	VNI	8	n	α
3906	EC	CSF	M	8 yr	VNI	8	n	α
3934	GA	CSF	M	11 yr	VNI	16	n	α
3944	KZ	CSF	F	7 yr	VNI	6	n	a
4164	KZ	CSF	M	13 yr	VNI	8	n	α
4270	GA	Blood	M	6 yr	VNI	11	n	α
4573	FS	CSF	F	13 yr	VNI	3	n	α
4579	KZ	CSF	M	11 yr	VNI	8	n	α
4687	MP	CSF	M	11 yr	VNI	17	n	α
4724	NW	CSF	F	12 yr	VNI	12	n	α
4749	ND	Blood	F	7 yr	VNI	9	n	α
4777	KZ	CSF	F	12 yr	VNI	8	n	α
4836B	KZ	CSF	M	28 mo	VNI	17	n	α
4929	KZ	Blood	F	11 yr	VNI	13	n	α
5093	NW	CSF	F	11 yr	VNI	10	n	a
5163	ND	CSF	M	17 mo	VNI	8	n	α
5184	EC	CSF	M	5 yr	VNI	8	n	α
5257	LP	CSF	M	6 yr	VNI	15	n	α
5556	MP	CSF	F	6 yr	VNI	2	n	α
5858	GA	Blood	M	2 mo	VNI	14	2n	a/a
6030	LP	CSF	M	5 yr	VNI	4	2n	α/α
6105	KZ	CSF	M	7 yr	VNI	8	n	α
6186	KZ	CSF	M	7 yr	VNI	8	n	α
6306	KZ	CSF	M	10 yr	VNI	9	n	α
6310	KZ	CSF	M	10 yr	VNI	9	n	α
6328	KZ	CSF	M	7 yr	VNI	8	n	α
6420	EC	CSF	F	8 yr	VNI	1	n	α
6509	KZ	CSF	M	7 yr	VNI	1	n	α
6656	WC	CSF	F	10 yr	VNI	2	2n	α/α
110	MP	CSF	M	6 yr	VNI	8	n	α
107	MP	CSF	M	4 yr	VNB	21	n	α
364	LP	CSF	M	10 yr	VNB	18	n	a
576	GA	Sputum	M	11 yr	VNB	21	n	α
703	EC	CSF	F	3 yr	VNB	20	n	α
1949	NW	CSF	F	6 yr	VNB	19	n	α
2980	FS	CSF	F	9 yr	VNB	20	n	α
3894	GA	Blood	F	9 yr	VNB	21	n	α
4905	GA	CSF	F	9 yr	VNB	21	n	α
526	KZ	CSF	M	11 yr	VNII	22	n	α
1052	KZ	CSF	M	11 yr	VNII	22	n	α
1746	KZ	CSF	F	10 yr	VNII	23	n	α
2651	KZ	CSF	F	9 yr	VNII	22	n	α
2992B	KZ	CSF	F	10 yr	VNII	22	n	α
3976	MP	CSF	F	11 yr	VNII	24	n	α
5272	GA	CSF	M	10 yr	VNIII	ND	2n	Aa/Dα

^aData are for 82 isolates. Abbreviations: RSA, Republic of South Africa; M, male; F, female; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; ND, not determined. Abbreviations for provinces: EC, Eastern Cape; FS, Free State; GA, Gauteng; KZ, KwaZulu-Natal; LP, Limpopo; MP, Mpumalanga; NW, North West; and WC, Western Cape.