Criptococosis: Diagnóstico por el laboratorio

Nelly Ordóñez, Jeannette Castillo, Gloria Stella Moreno, .

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v7i1-2.1933
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Twenty-nine cases of cryptococcosis studied in the Medical Mycology Laboratory of the Institute over a period of 6 years are presented. The laboratory tests employed to establish the diagnosis and their positivity were: direct examination (79%) culture (93%) and latex agglutination (100%). The serotypification of the 16 isolates in CGB medium was: 114 isolates C. neofomans var. noefomans and 2 C. neofomans var. gattii.

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  • Nelly Ordóñez Instituto Nacional de Salud
    Laboratorio de Micología Médica. Grupo de Microbiología. Instituto Nacional de Salud. Bogotá. D.E.
  • Jeannette Castillo Instituto Nacional de Salud
    Laboratorio de Micología Médica. Grupo de Microbiología. Instituto Nacional de Salud. Bogotá. D.E.
  • Gloria Stella Moreno Instituto Nacional de Salud
    Laboratorio de Micología Médica. Grupo de Microbiología. Instituto Nacional de Salud. Bogotá. D.E.
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Ordóñez N, Castillo J, Moreno GS. Criptococosis: Diagnóstico por el laboratorio. biomedica [Internet]. 1987 Jun. 1 [cited 2024 May 21];7(1-2):37-41. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/1933
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Vol. 7 No. 1-2 (1987)
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Short communication

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