Update on Deadly Pacific Northwest Cryptococcal Disease
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010A report has been presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America regarding a disease caused by the fungus Cryptococcus gattii (Cg). The fungus was first found to have appeared in North America in Vancouver Island and B.C., Canada in 1999. The disease, which “can cause serious central nervous system and respiratory infections,” has infected humans in the American Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington mostly) since 2004.