Encapsulating the diagnostics of cryptococcal infections: what to do when there is minimal capsule

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Microbiology, New South Wales Health Pathology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia; St George and Sutherland Clinical School, University New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: ravin.hettiarachchi@health.nsw.gov.au.
• ² Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, The Sutherland Hospital, Sutherland, NSW, Australia.
• ³ Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁴ Department of Anatomical Pathology, New South Wales Health Pathology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia.
• ⁵ St George and Sutherland Clinical School, University New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia.
• ⁶ Department of Microbiology, New South Wales Health Pathology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia; St George and Sutherland Clinical School, University New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.