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Role of Sterylglucosidase 1 (Sgl1) on the pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans: potential applications for vaccine development

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
Cryptococcosis caused by C. neoformans and C. gattii affects a large population and is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. Despite its public health burden, there are currently no vaccines against cryptococcosis and new strategies against ...
Antonella eRella, Visesato eMor, Amir M. Farnoud, Ashutosh eSingh, Achraf A. Shamseddine, Elitza eIvanova, Nicholas eCarpino, Maria Teresa eMontagna, Chiara eLuberto, Maurizio eDel Poeta   +9 more
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Cerebral Cryptococcosis Associated with CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia in Non-HIV Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Case Series in a Specialized Institute in Lima, Peru

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Cases of cryptococcosis have been reported in patients with COVID-19. The majority are in patients with severe symptoms or who received immunosuppressants. However, there is still no clear association between COVID-19 and cryptococcosis.
Juana M. Huamani-Córdova, Miguel Hueda-Zavaleta, Victor Vargas-Bellina, Lourdes Simbron-Ribbeck, Katty del Rosario Chong-Chinchay, Juan Carlos Gómez de la Torre, Vicente A. Benítes-Zapata   +6 more
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Performance of urine Xpert MTB/RIF ultra in a tuberculosis screening strategy in hospitalized patients with advanced HIV disease: Results from an implementation initiative in Brazil

HIV Medicine, Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 427-433, March 2025.
Abstract Objectives To evaluate the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra testing in urine samples as part of a TB screening strategy in patients with advanced HIV disease (AHD). Methods We conducted a multicentre prospective cohort study across three HIV reference hospitals in Brazil, between January and December 2023.
Diego R. Falci, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Tarsila Vieceli, Omar Sued, Nicole Reis, Renata B. A. Soares, Cassia S. M. Godoy, Nayla A. Hatem, Nathalia Pereira dos Santos, Bruna Regis Razzolini, Eduardo Sprinz, Freddy Perez   +11 more
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[Cutaneous Cryptococcosis].

Medical Mycology Journal, 2019
Cutaneous cryptococcosis is classified either as primary or secondary based on the route of infection. The disease can also be classified either as localized cutaneous cryptococcosis or cutaneous manifestations of disseminated cryptococcosis.
H. Noguchi, Tadahiko Matsumoto, Utako Kimura, M. Hiruma, M. Kusuhara, H. Ihn   +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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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS IN A CAT

The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science, 1968
猫のクリプトコックス症は,これまで世界で少なくとも21例の報告がある.本邦においては,1957年山本ら,1964年佐伯ら,および1967年千葉らによる3例の記載がある.著者らは,東京大学農学部附属家畜病院患畜の猫に本症の1例を認め,これについて検討した.患畜は東京産,2才,雌のシャム猫で,頚部が次第に腫脹するに従い,元気消失,食欲減退を示し,ついに好転することなく,そのまま死の転帰をとった.頚部病変部から作成した墨汁標本の直接鏡検によって,莢膜を有するイースト様真菌を認めた.この菌をサブローぶどう糖培地に分離培養して検討した結果,本分離真菌は,37°Cで発育すること,マウスに病原性があること,炭素源および窒素源同化の点などから,CryPtococcusneoformansと同定した.剖検の結果 ...
Atsuhiko Hasegawa, Shin Okoshi
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A Machine Learning Model for Diagnosing Opportunistic Infections in HIV Patients: Broad Applicability Across Infection Types

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Volume 29, Issue 6, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Opportunistic infections (OIs) are the leading cause of hospitalisation and mortality among Human Immunodeficiency Virus‐infected (HIV‐infected) patients. The diverse pathogen types and intricate clinical manifestations associated present a formidable challenge to the timely diagnosis of these infections.
Hao Chen, Fanxuan Chen, Yijun Wang, Enna Cai, Wangzheng Pan, Yichen Li, Zefei Mo, Hao Lou, Chufan Ren, Chenyue Dai, Xingbo Shan, Hui Ye, Zhenwei Xu, Pu Dong, Han Zhou, Shuya Xu, Tianye Zhu, Mingzhi Su, Xingguo Miao, Xiaoqu Hu, Liang Hong, Yi Wang, Feifei Su   +22 more
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Cutaneous Cryptococcosis Masquerading Molluscum Contagiosum In A Patient With HIV Disease

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2001
Cryptococcosis, though quite rare, occurs throughout the world. Even more rare is to have cutaneous cryptococcosis. We describe in this case report, a case of cutaneous cryptococcosis in a HIV seropositive individual who had skin lesions over the face ...
Thappa Devinder Mohan, Karthikeyan Kaliaperumal, Kaviarasan P.K, Sethuraman Gomathy   +3 more
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Cryptococcosis in kidney transplant recipients in a Chinese university hospital and a review of published cases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Background: Cryptococcosis is a severe fungal infection with a high mortality rate among solid-organ transplant recipients. Today, China is among the countries performing the most kidney transplants worldwide, however data on the association of ...
Ya-li Yang, Min Chen, Ju-lin Gu, Fan-yuan Zhu, Xiao-guang Xu, Chao Zhang, Jiang-han Chen, Wei-hua Pan, Wan-qing Liao   +8 more
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The war on cryptococcosis: A Review of the antifungal arsenal

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018
Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common central nervous system infection in the world today. It occurs primarily, but not exclusively, in immunocompromised individuals and despite substantial improvement in management of clinical events like AIDS, the
A. Mourad, J. Perfect
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