Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Cryptococcus gattii
Organism
Cryptococcus gattii
While found around the world in tropical and subtropical areas, this yeast emerged as a human and animal pathogen in 2000 in the Pacific Northwest after being recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Unlike Cryptococcus neoformans, which mostly causes illness in immunocompromised individuals, C. gattii can cause disease in healthy, immunocompetent persons and in immunocompromised persons (HIV-infected, organ transplant, hematologic malignancy).
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Cryptococcus Gattii." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619556/all/Cryptococcus_gattii.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Cryptococcus gattii. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619556/all/Cryptococcus_gattii. Accessed April 21, 2025.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Cryptococcus gattii. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619556/all/Cryptococcus_gattii
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Cryptococcus Gattii [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2025 April 21]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619556/all/Cryptococcus_gattii.
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