Table 1.

Cryptococcal species and variant, country of infection, and patient signalment in 16 ferrets with cryptococcosis

	Signalment	Cryptococcus Species and Variant	Country	Ref.
1.	Mature M	C neoformans	UK	6
2.	3-y-old MI	C neoformans	Australia	8
3.	6-y-old FS	Not stated	USA	16
4.	3-y-old M	C neoformans	USA (NY)	9
5.	5-y-old MC	C gattiia	Australia	7, 12
6.	6-y-old MC	C gattiia	Australia	7
7.	2-y-old MC	C gattiia	Australia	7
8.	2–3-y-old FS	C neoformans var. grubii	Australia	7
9.	3.5-y-old MC	Not stated	Australia	7
10.	1.75-y-old MC	C gattii VGIIb	Canada	7
11.	3-y-old MI	C gattii VGIIb	Canada	7
12.	Not stated	Not stated	Canada	15
13.	Not stated	Not stated	Canada	15
14.	1.5-y-old MC	C neoformans var. grubii	USA	10
15.	4-y-old MC	C neoformans var. grubii	USA	11
16.	17-mo-old MC	C gattii serotype B VGI/AFLP4	Spain	13, 14

Abbreviations: FS, female spayed; M, male; MC, male castrated; MI, male intact.

^aCalled C bacillisporus in publication, which is synonymous with C gattii.

^bAlthough the original publication (Malik, 2002) states both cases from Canada as C neoformans var. grubii, a more recent publication¹⁵ and personal communication with Malik indicate that these cases were incorrectly speciated and actually had C gattii VGII, not C neoformans var. grubii. This table reflects the most updated information.