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Dendritic Cells: Multifunctional Roles in Host Defenses to Cryptococcus Infections

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Fungal infections are an increasingly growing public health concern, and Cryptococcus is one of the most problematic fungal organisms causing substantial mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Kristie D. Goughenour, Ayesha S. Nair, Jintao Xu, Michal A. Olszewski, Karen L. Wozniak   +4 more
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Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta) caterpillars as a novel host model for the study of fungal virulence and drug efficacy

Virulence, 2020
The two leading yeast pathogens of humans, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans, cause systemic infections in >1.4 million patients worldwide with mortality rates approaching 75%.
Naomi Lyons, Isabel Softley, Andrew Balfour, Carolyn Williamson, Heath E. O’Brien, Amol C. Shetty, Vincent M. Bruno, Stephanie Diezmann   +7 more
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Adrenal Insufficiency due to Disseminated <i>Cryptococcus</i> in an Immunocompetent Individual. [PDF]

Case Rep Endocrinol
Primary adrenal insufficiency due to infiltrative fungal infections, such as Cryptococcus neoformans, is rare, particularly in immunocompetent patients. We present a case of an immunocompetent 61‐year‐old man who presented with bilateral adrenal enlargement and adrenal insufficiency, with a 3‐month history of generalised fatigue, weight loss and ...
Knott JA, Apostoloski Z.
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Molecular basis of pathogenic parasitic infections: insights from parasite kinome

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2020
Infectious diseases caused by numerous parasitic pathogens represent a global health conundrum. Several animal and plant pathogens are responsible for causing acute illness in humans and deadly plant infections.
Sheeza Khan, Rishabh Kaushik, Meesha Sharma, Neha Raina, Faizan Ahmad, Asimul Islam   +5 more
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Cryptococcal infection causing longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis in an immunocompetent individual: Case report and literature review

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
Cryptococcal CNS infections in immunocompetent individuals are occasionally reported in literature. The spinal manifestations of cryptococcal CNS infections are epidural abscess, chronic arachnoiditis, intramedullary granuloma, myelitis and vasculitis ...
Ashwin Kumar Panda, Sourav Hazra, Aldrin Anthony, Suman Kushwaha   +3 more
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Postrenal transplant disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion - A case report

Indian Journal of Transplantation, 2022
Cryptococcosis is the most common invasive fungal infection to involve the central nervous system in the posttransplant period. Cryptococcal meningitis, which constitutes disseminated cryptococcosis, can present with nonspecific signs and symptoms ...
Sandhya Suresh, Abhijit Konnur, Sishir Gang   +2 more
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The role of the host—Neutrophil biology

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils) are myeloid cells packed with lysosomal granules (hence also called granulocytes) that contain a formidable antimicrobial arsenal. They are terminally differentiated cells that play a critical role in acute and chronic inflammation, as well as in the resolution of inflammation and wound ...
Iain L. C. Chapple, Josefine Hirschfeld, Alpdogan Kantarci, Asaf Wilensky, Lior Shapira   +4 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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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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CAQ Corner: Immune‐mediated complications

, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Mary Thomson, John R. Lake
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