Molecular typing of clinical and environmental isolates of <i>Cryptococcus gattii</i> species complex from southern California, United States

Abstract

C. gattii SC colonies exist in some California public parks. The presence of identical STs in environmental and human isolates of C. bacillisporus is suggestive of an arboreal origin of human infections. Two new tree species were documented as hosts for C. gattii SC in California, adding to the four species previously identified.