Cryptococcosis with bird's eye manifestation: A case report
Lung India, 2018 Cryptococcosis is a menacing opportunistic infection most commonly affecting immunocompromised individuals. Its occurrence in immunocompetant individuals is uncustomary.
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RNA interference screening reveals host CaMK4 as a regulator of cryptococcal uptake and pathogenesis [PDF]
, 2017 Cryptococcus neoformans , the causative agent of cryptococcosis, is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that kills over 200,000 individuals annually. This yeast may grow freely in body fluids, but it also flourishes within host cells.
Doering, Tamara L +4 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans chitin synthase 3 plays a critical role in dampening host inflammatory responses [PDF]
, 2020 Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common disseminated fungal pathogen in AIDS patients, resulting in ∼200,000 deaths each year. There is a pressing need for new treatments for this infection, as current antifungal therapy is hampered by toxicity and/or
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Mortality by cryptococcosis in Brazil from 2000 to 2012: A descriptive epidemiological study.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 BackgroundCryptococcosis is a neglected and predominantly opportunistic mycosis that, in Brazil, poses an important public health problem, due to its late diagnosis and high lethality.MethodsThe present study analysed cryptococcosis mortality in Brazil ...
Emmanuel Alves Soares +6 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019 INTRODUCTION Cryptococcosis is the second most frequent cause of opportunistic infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in Colombia.
María Clara Noguera +5 more
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Crazy‐paving patterns as rare radiological manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis: a case report
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021 Background Crazy-paving patterns are rarely reported as radiological manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis. Case presentation Herein, we presented a very rare case of a crazy-paving pattern as a radiological manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Cryptococcosis is a major opportunistic invasive mycosis in immunocompromised patients, but it is also increasingly seen in immunocompetent patients.
Yanping Wang +5 more
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Pitfalls associated with the use of molecular diagnostic panels in the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis [PDF]
, 2017 We report the case of a kidney transplantation patient on chronic immunosuppressive therapy presenting with subacute meningitis. The final diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis was delayed due to 2 false-negative cryptococcal results on a molecular ...
Burnham, Carey-Ann +5 more
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Rim Pathway-Mediated Alterations in the Fungal Cell Wall Influence Immune Recognition and Inflammation [PDF]
, 2017 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We acknowledge Jennifer Lodge, Woei Lam, and Rajendra Upadhya for developing and sharing the chitin and chitosan MTBH assay. We thank Todd Brennan of Duke University for providing MyD88-deficient mice.
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A Non-HIV Specific ST5 Genotype of Cryptococcus neoformans-gattii Species Complex
Siriraj Medical Journal, 2015 Cryptococcosis is a basidiomycetous yeast infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans-gattii species complex which comprises of two sibling species, Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.
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