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Cryptococcosis in wait-listed liver transplant candidates: Prevalence, manifestations, and risk factors

open access: yesJournal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Background: Liver cirrhosis compromises immunity against cryptococcosis, and liver transplant recipients tend to develop the disease earlier after transplantation, possibly due to unrecognized pretransplant infection.
Wan-Ting Tsai   +8 more
doaj  

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, the etiologic agents of cryptococcosis.

open access: yesCold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2014
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the two etiologic agents of cryptococcosis. They belong to the phylum Basidiomycota and can be readily distinguished from other pathogenic yeasts such as Candida by the presence of a polysaccharide ...
K. Kwon-Chung   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical characteristics of disseminated cryptococcosis in previously healthy children in China

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
BackgroundDisseminated cryptococcosis is a rare and fatal disease, and limited data exist regarding it in children. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of disseminated cryptococcosis in previously healthy children in China ...
Li-wei Gao   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Swollen limbs and bone pain : a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
A 50 year old man presented with peripheral oedema, abdominal distension and a pulmonary opacity on CXR. He subsequently perforated his sigmoid colon as a complication of diverticulitis with pericolic abscess. After colectomy his postoperative period was
Cacciottolo, Joseph M.   +2 more
core  

Influenza A Virus as a Predisposing Factor for Cryptococcosis

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017
Influenza A virus (IAV) infects millions of people annually and predisposes to secondary bacterial infections. Inhalation of fungi within the Cryptococcus complex causes pulmonary disease with secondary meningo-encephalitis.
L. V. Oliveira   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cluster of Cryptococcus neoformans Infections in Intensive Care Unit, Arkansas, USA, 2013

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
We investigated an unusual cluster of 6 patients with Cryptococcus neoformans infection at a community hospital in Arkansas during April–December 2013, to determine source of infection.
Snigdha Vallabhaneni   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

FURTHER STUDIES ON IMMUNITY IN EXPERIMENTAL CRYPTOCOCCOSIS [PDF]

open access: bronze, 1963
Donald B. Louria   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

Clinical analysis of non-AIDS patients pathologically diagnosed with pulmonary cryptococcosis.

open access: yesJournal of Thoracic Disease, 2016
BACKGROUND Pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) was not a rare infectious disease in non-AIDS patients. However, data on the immune status were lacking in southern China for comparative analysis of differences between immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts.
Kaixiong Liu   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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