About the Authors
- Françoise Dromer
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dromer@pasteur.fr
Affiliation Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, CNRS URA3042, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Simone Mathoulin-Pélissier
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Affiliation Institut Bergonié, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer du Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux, France
- Odile Launay
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Affiliation Université Paris V, Hôpital Cochin, Service de Médecine Interne, CIC Vaccinologie Cochin–Pasteur, Paris, France
- Olivier Lortholary
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Affiliations Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, CNRS URA3042, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France , Université Paris V–Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d'Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, Paris, France
- the French Cryptococcosis Study Group
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
F. Dromer was the principal investigator. She designed the protocol, collected and analysed the data, and drafted the manuscript. S. Mathoulin-Pélissier was the biostatistician in charge of the statistical analysis during the conception, analysis, and interpretation. She critically revised the manuscript. O. Launay substantially participated in the data collection and analysis, and critically reviewed the article. O. Lortholary was coinvestigator of the CryptoA/D study. He participated in the design, data collection, and analysis of the study. He critically reviewed the article.