Phenotypic variability correlates with clinical outcome in Cryptococcus isolates obtained from Botswanan HIV/AIDS patients
D. A. Carter, K. E. Fernandes, A. Brockway, M. Haverkamp, C. A. Cuomo, F. Van Ogtrop, J. R. Perfect
The paper examines Cryptococcus isolates from HIV/AIDS patients in Botswana, finding that phenotypic variability correlates with clinical outcomes, with 'large' and 'small' phenotypes linked to different disease symptoms and patient mortality.
bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2018Microbiology