Resistance of Asian Cryptococcus neoformans serotype a is confined to few microsatellite genotypes

• Main Authors: Weihua Pan, Kantarawee Khayhan, Ferry Hagen, Retno Wahyuningsih, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Anuradha Chowdhary, Reiko Ikeda, Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Ziauddin Khan, Darma Imran, Ridhawati Sjam, Pojana Sriburee, Wanqing Liao, Kunyaluk Chaicumpar, Natnicha Ingviya, Johan W. Mouton, Ilse Curfs-Breuker, Teun Boekhout, Jacques F. Meis, Corné H.W. Klaassen
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84858111081&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51291
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic yeast that causes cryptococcosis, a life threatening disease. The prevalence of cryptococcosis in Asia has been rising after the onset of the AIDS epidemic and estimates indicate more than 120 cases per 1,000 HIV-infected individuals per year. Almo...