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Oral Cryptococcosis due to Naganishia diffluens in a Patient With Thalassemia: A Case Report and a Literature Review. [PDF]

J Clin Lab Anal
Naganishia diffluens, a rare non‐neoformans cryptococcal species, was identified by PCR sequencing as the causative agent of oral cryptococcosis in a 31‐year‐old Iranian man with β‐thalassemia. This case represents the first documented instance of oral infection by N.
Yahyazadeh Z, Haseli Z, Javidnia J, Abastabar M, Nazar E, Jalali H, Hedayati MT, Karami H, Nosratabadi M, Davoodi L, Aghili SR, Moazeni M, Haghani I, Badali H.   +13 more
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Antifungal Potential of Synthetic Peptides against Cryptococcus neoformans: Mechanism of Action Studies Reveal Synthetic Peptides Induce Membrane–Pore Formation, DNA Degradation, and Apoptosis

Pharmaceutics, 2022
Cryptococcus neoformans is a human-pathogenic yeast responsible for pneumonia and meningitis, mainly in patients immunocompromised. Infections caused by C. neoformans are a global health concern.
Tawanny K. B. Aguiar, Nilton A. S. Neto, Cleverson D. T. Freitas, Ayrles F. B. Silva, Leandro P. Bezerra, Ellen A. Malveira, Levi A. C. Branco, Felipe P. Mesquita, Gustavo H. Goldman, Luciana M. R. Alencar, Jose T. A. Oliveira, Ralph Santos-Oliveira, Pedro F. N. Souza   +12 more
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TYPING OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS ISOLATES RECOVERED FROM DROPPINGS OF PIGEONS, PARROTS AND CANARIES [PDF]

Veterinary Medical Journal - Giza, 2007
Biotyping of 9 isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans recovered from bird droppings was carried out on Canavanine-glycine-bromothymol blue (CGB) and Glycine-cycloheximide-phenol red (GCP) media. Only one isolate was identified as C.
M. KOTB, M. . EL-HARIRI, HEIDY ABO EL-YAZEED, Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo Univ. EZZ-ELDIN, W. TAWAKKOL, M. REFAI   +5 more
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Pigment production on L-tryptophan medium by Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
In recent years strains previously grouped within Cryptococcus neoformans have been divided into two species C. neoformans and C. gattii, with Cryptococcus neoformans comprising serotypes A, D, and AD and C.
Stuart Chaskes, Michael Cammer, Edward Nieves, Arturo Casadevall   +3 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans Infection in the Central Nervous System: The Battle between Host and Pathogen

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) is a pathogenic fungus with a global distribution. Humans become infected by inhaling the fungus from the environment, and the fungus initially colonizes the lungs.
Yanli Chen, Zoe W. Shi, Ashley B. Strickland, Meiqing Shi   +3 more
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Asociacion de leveduras del genero Cryptococcus con especies de Eucalyptus en Santafe de Bogota Isolation of Cryptococcus sp. associated with Eucalyptus trees in Santafé de Bogota

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1994
El aislamiento de Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, serotipo B, a partir del medio ambiente se estableció inicialmente en Australia en 1989, en asocio con el Eucalyptus camaldulensis y posteriormente con E. tereticornis. Con estos hallazgos se postuló
A. Duarte, N. Ordoñez, E. Castañeda
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In vitro susceptibility characteristics of Cryptococcus neoformans varieties from AIDS patients in Goiânia, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
Sixty clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from AIDS from Goiânia, state of Goiás, Brazil, were characterized according to varieties, serotypes and tested for antifungal susceptibility.
Orionalda de FL Fernandes, Xisto S Passos, Lúcia KH Souza, André TB Miranda, Carlos Henrique PV Cerqueira, Maria do Rosário R Silva   +5 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans is resistant to surfactant protein A mediated host defense mechanisms. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2007
Initiation of a protective immune response to infection by the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is mediated in part by host factors that promote interactions between immune cells and C. neoformans yeast.
Steven S Giles, Aimee K Zaas, Mike F Reidy, John R Perfect, Jo Rae Wright   +4 more
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Antifungal and Antibiofilm Efficacy of Paeonol Treatment Against Biofilms Comprising Candida albicans and/or Cryptococcus neoformans

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Fungal populations are commonly found in natural environments and present enormous health care challenges, due to increased resistance to antifungal agents.
Weidong Qian, Xinchen Li, Qiming Liu, Jiaxing Lu, Ting Wang, Qian Zhang   +5 more
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Serotipificación de aislamientos clínicos y del medio ambiente de Cryptococcus neoformans en Colombia

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 1994
Se determinó l variedad y el serotipo de 192 aislamientos de Cryptococcus neoformans recuperados de 1972 a 1992; 163 de origen clínico y 29 del medio ambiente. En los aislamientos clínicos se determinaron las dos variedades de C.
N. Ordóñez, E. Castañeda
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