About the Authors

Françoise Dromer

dromer@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Mycologie Moléculaire, Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, CNRS URA3012, Paris, France

Claire Bernede-Bauduin

Affiliations INSERM U657, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Pharmacoépidémiologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Paris, France

Didier Guillemot

Affiliations INSERM U657, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Pharmacoépidémiologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Paris, France, Faculté de Médecine Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Versailles, France

Olivier Lortholary

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Mycologie Moléculaire, Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, CNRS URA3012, Paris, France, Université Paris-Descartes, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d'Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, Paris, France

for the French Cryptococcosis Study Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FD OL. Analyzed the data: FD CBB DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FD CBB DG OL. Wrote the paper: FD. Interpretation of data: CB DG OL. Statistical analysis and critical revision of the manuscript: CB DG OL. Participated in the study design: OL. Study design: FD. Obtaining funding: FD OL. Acquisition of data: FD. French Cryptocococcosis Study Group includes all of the participants.