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Fatal Outcome due to Disseminated Cryptococcosis in a Patient With HIVrequiring Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Report. [PDF]

Acute Med Surg
This report details a fatal case of fulminant disseminated cryptococcosis in a young male with undiagnosed HIV. He rapidly developed multi‐organ failure, refractory shock, and cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed extensive myocardial cryptococcal infiltration and microemboli, suggesting a critical role in the acute refractory shock that led to his death ...
Sasamoto T, Kawahara N, Matsui H, Morishita K.   +3 more
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Cryptococcosis [PDF]

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2015
Cryptococcosis is an invasive mycosis caused by pathogenic encapsulated yeasts in the genus Cryptococcus. Cryptococcus gained prominence as a pathogen capable of widespread disease outbreaks in vulnerable populations. We have gained insight into the pathobiology of Cryptococcus, including the yeast' s capacity to adapt to environmental pressures ...
Maziarz, Eileen K., Perfect, John R.
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Pulmonary Cryptococcosis

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Pulmonary cryptococcosis describes an invasive lung mycosis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii complex. It is often a high-consequence disease in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent populations, and may be misdiagnosed as pulmonary malignancy, leading to a delay in therapy.
Annaleise R. Howard-Jones, Rebecca Sparks, David Pham, Catriona Halliday, Justin Beardsley, Sharon C.-A. Chen   +5 more
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Epidemiology of Cryptococcosis and Cryptococcal Meningitis in a large retrospective cohort of patients after solid organ transplantation [PDF]

, 2017
Background Cryptococcosis is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. There are no nationally representative data describing the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of cryptococcosis ...
George, Ige A, Olsen, Margaret A, Powderly, William G, Santos, Carlos A   +3 more
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Limited Activity Of Miltefosine In Murine Models Of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis And Disseminated Cryptococcosis [PDF]

, 2013
Miltefosine is an alkyl phosphocholine with good oral bioavailability and in vitro activity against Cryptococcus species that has gained interest as an additional agent for cryptococcal infections.
Bocanegra, Rosie, Kirkpatrick, William R., Najvar, Laura K., Patterson, Thomas F., Sorrell, Tania C., Wiederhold, Nathan P.   +5 more
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Finger-Prick Whole Blood Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay for the Diagnosis of Cryptococcosis in HIV-Negative Patients: A Case Series Study in Two Tertiary Centers in São Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Cryptococcosis in HIV-negative patients can be an opportunistic or endemic disease. There are no published studies on the use of the finger-prick whole blood (point-of-care) cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay (CrAg LFA) for diagnosing cryptococcosis
José E. Vidal, Fernanda Gurgel Oliveira, Marcela Vieira, Luisa Pereira, Rodovaldo M. Lucas Junior, Bruno Fukelman Guedes, Marcello Chaves Magri, David R. Boulware   +7 more
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Incidence of WHO stage 3 and 4 conditions following initiation of Anti-Retroviral Therapy in resource limited settings [PDF]

, 2012
To determine the incidence of WHO clinical stage 3 and 4 conditions during early anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in resource limited settings (RLS)
A d’Arminio Monforte, A Miranda, Andrea J. Curtis, AS Walker, B Castelnuovo, B Ledergerber, Catherine S. Marshall, CE Gonzalez, Daniel P. O’Brien, DJ Sloan, DR Hoover, Esther C. Casas, J Abadi, J Mermin, Jane Greig, JE Golub, JE Kaplan, JF Etard, Julian H. Elliot, K Buchacz, Leslie Shanks, M-L Newell, Marcio Silveria Da Fonseca, NJ Ives, Philipp Du Cros, R Zachariah, SD Lawn, Sten H. Vermund, Tim Spelman, VO Kasprowicz, W Manosuthi   +30 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected patients: a longitudinal study in Cambodia. [PDF]

, 2010
To describe the frequency of diagnosis of cryptococcosis among HIV-infected patients in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at programme entry, to investigate associated risk factors, and to determine the incidence of cryptococcal ...
Amornkul, Antinori, Chariyalertsak, Chhin, Darras-Joly, Dromer, French, Havlir, Heyderman, Jarvis, Jongwutiwes, Kong, Lortholary, Louie, Madec, Manosuthi, Micol, Mirza, Moosa, Pichith, Powderly, Senya, Singh, Sorvillo, Sungkanuparph   +24 more
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Potential missed opportunities for diagnosis of cryptococcosis and the association with mortality: A cohort study

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Cryptococcosis is one of the most common life-threatening opportunistic mycoses worldwide. Insidious presentation and slow onset of symptoms make it difficult to recognize, complicating the diagnostic process.
Ana S. Salazar, Matthew R. Keller, Margaret A. Olsen, Katelin B. Nickel, Ige A. George, Lindsey Larson, William G. Powderly, Andrej Spec   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison and temporal trends of three groups with cryptococcosis: HIV-infected, solid organ transplant, and HIV-negative/non-transplant. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of cryptococcosis outlined three key populations at risk of disease: (1) HIV-infected, (2) transplant recipient, and (3) HIV-negative/non-transplant ...
Emily W Bratton, Nada El Husseini, Cody A Chastain, Michael S Lee, Charles Poole, Til Stürmer, Jonathan J Juliano, David J Weber, John R Perfect   +8 more
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