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Application and evaluation of nucleic acid sequence-based amplification, PCR and cryptococcal antigen test for diagnosis of cryptococcosis

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, Mi Yang, Yun Xia, Jia Yan, Jiaqi Zou, Dawei Zhang   +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.
Carol Munro, Chrissy M. Leopold Wager, Floyd L. Wormley, J. Andrew Alspaugh, Jeanette Wagener, Kyla S. Ost, Louise Walker, Michael Lorenz, Shannon K. Esher   +8 more
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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.
Popchai Ngamskulrungroj
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Successful management of cryptococcosis of the bilateral adrenal glands and liver by unilateral adrenalectomy with antifungal agents: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background Cryptococcus species usually affect the central nervous system and lungs in immunocompromised hosts. Although the adrenal glands can be involved in disseminated cryptococcosis, primary adrenal insufficiency caused by the fungal infection is ...
Matsuda Yayoi, Kawate Hisaya, Okishige Yuka, Abe Ichiro, Adachi Masahiro, Ohnaka Keizo, Satoh Naoichi, Inokuchi Junichi, Tatsugami Katsunori, Naito Seiji, Nomura Masatoshi, Takayanagi Ryoichi   +11 more
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Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy – a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the encapsulated yeast Cryptococcus neoformans and most remarkably manifests in HIV-infected individuals, especially in the settings of very low CD4 count. Development of cryptococcosis in
Nguyen Thi Cam Huong, Ahmed M. A. Altibi, Nguyen My Hoa, Le Anh Tuan, Samar Salman, Sara Morsy, Nguyen Thi Bich Lien, Nguyen Thanh Truong, Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai, Pham Thi Le Hoa, Nguyen Ba Thang, Van The Trung   +11 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, Dubberke, Erik, Franklin, Alexander, Lainhart, William, O\u27Halloran, Jane A, Powderly, William   +5 more
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Dating the Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal to the North American Pacific Northwest. [PDF]

, 2018
The emergence of Cryptococcus gattii, previously regarded as a predominantly tropical pathogen, in the temperate climate of the North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) in 1999 prompted several questions.
Bodo Wanke, Chandler C. Roe, Colleen Lysen, Crystal M. Hepp, David M. Engelthaler, David P. Overy, Emilio DeBess, George R. Thompson, Hanna Oltean, J. Andrew Alspaugh, Jolene Bowers, Philippe J. Dufresne, Scott McBurney, Shawn R. Lockhart, Tom Chiller, Wieland Meyer   +15 more
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Non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis with limited posterior uveitis in a kidney organ transplant recipient with antibody-mediated rejection: a case report

BMC Ophthalmology, 2023
Background Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent fungal eye infections in patients with immunosuppression. Currently, treatment approaches for non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis are based on those used for cryptococcal meningitis or ...
Yi-An Lu, Chun-Hsien Lin, Chia-Jen Chang, Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Mu-Chi Chung, Chien-Chih Chou   +5 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis coexisting with adenocarcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common fungal infection frequently seen in immunocompromised patients. Owing to its nonspecific clinical and radiographic features, the differential diagnosis with secondary tuberculosis, malignant tumor, and ...
Liyang Li, Liang Zhuang, Jian Zhou, Changzhou Shao   +3 more
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Endobronchial cryptococcosis with bronchial stenosis in a patient with severe asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroids: A case report

Respirology Case Reports, 2023
Cryptococcosis typically manifests as pulmonary lesions, with endobronchial lesions occurring rarely. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) may be a risk factor for cryptococcosis of the larynx but not of the bronchi.
Jun Sasaki, Takashi Kinoshita, Misa Sudou, Takayuki Horii, Reiko Takaki, Masahiro Mitsuoka, Masaki Tominaga, Tomotaka Kawayama, Tomoaki Hoshino   +8 more
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