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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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Occurrence and Distribution of Cryptococcus Species in Environmental Sources from Lower Assam Belt of India

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020
Cryptococcus is a non-motile, gram positive, non-fermenting Basidiomycetous encapsulated yeast like fungus that causes respiratory, neurological and other systemic diseases in both humans and animals. Present study delineates the possible distribution of
Nurul Islam, Rupjyoti Bharali, Sailen Talukdar, Syed Akram Hussain, Afzal Hoque Akand, Hridip Kumar Sarma   +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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Cryptococcal meningitis post-covid-19 infection: Immunomodulation, a double-edged sword

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023
Cryptococcal meningitis is an opportunistic infection associated with altered immunity. Immunomodulatory agent use in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may predispose such infections.
Hilal W Abdessamad, Michel Achkar, Amal Al Zoghbi, Mohamad Fleifel, Abdul Rahman Ousta, Ahmad Kassar, Nadia L Samaha, Rita Nemr, Anna Farra, Jacques E Mokhbat, Rola Husni   +10 more
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Feline cryptococcosis attended in the municipality of Sinop: Case report

Scientific Electronic Archives, 2021
Cryptococcosis is a non-contagious systemic mycosis caused by yeasts of the Cryptococcus genus, which can affect humans, domestic and wild animals. Transmission occurs through the inhalation of these airborne yeasts from contaminated environments.
Caroline Stéphanie Rodrigues Carvalho, Kairo Adriano Ribeiro de Carvalho, Thaís Badini Vieira, Bruno Gomes de Castro   +3 more
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Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex

eLife, 2022
Sexual reproduction is a ubiquitous, ancient eukaryotic trait. While most sexual organisms have to find a mating partner, species as diverse as animals, plants, and fungi have evolved the ability to reproduce sexually without requiring another individual.
Andrew Ryan Passer, Shelly Applen Clancey, Terrance Shea, Márcia David-Palma, Anna Floyd Averette, Teun Boekhout, Betina M Porcel, Minou Nowrousian, Christina A Cuomo, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Marco A Coelho   +11 more
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Three new combinations from the Cryptococcus laurentii complex: Cryptococcus aureus, Cryptococcus carnescens and Cryptococcus peneaus [PDF]

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2003
Fifteen strains of the Cryptococcus laurentii complex were reclassified based on sequence analyses of 18S rDNA, the D1/D2 region of the 26S rDNA and the internal transcribed spacer regions, as well as physiological and biochemical properties. The strains were divided into phylogenetic groups I and II. The type strain of C.
Takashi Sugita, Masako Takashima, Takako Shinoda, Takashi Nakase   +3 more
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Cryptococcal chest wall mass and rib osteomyelitis associated with the use of fingolimod: A case report and literature review

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Being introduced in 2010, fingolimod was among the first oral therapies for relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). Since that time, postmarketing surveillance has noted several case reports of various cryptococcal infections associated with fingolimod use ...
Kent Carpenter, Ali Etemady-Deylamy, Victoria Costello, Mohammad Khasawneh, Robin Chamberland, Robin Chamberland, Katherine Tian, Maureen Donlin, Brenda Moreira-Walsh, Emily Reisenbichler, Getahun Abate   +10 more
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Diagnostic and mortality outcomes in a cohort of adult meningitis suspects in KwaZulu-Natal

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background: The clinical value of lumbar puncture (LP) in settings with a high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence has not been well defined. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review in 394 adults undergoing LP at a single regional ...
Onke Nonkala, Colleen Aldous, Douglas Wilson   +2 more
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Vomocytosis: Too Much Booze, Base, or Calcium? [PDF]

, 2019
Macrophages are well known for their phagocytic activity and their role in innate immune responses. Macrophages eat non-self particles, via a variety of mechanisms, and typically break down internalized cargo into small macromolecules.
Aaron, Alvarez, Alvarez, Artavanis-Tsakonas, Bain, Ben-Abdallah, Bielska, Blackstock, Boya, Bryan, Burch, Chang, Charlier, Chen, Cheng, Chu, Circu, Cox, Davis, De Leon-Rodriguez, De Leon-Rodriguez, Denham, Di, Diamond, Doshi, Dragotakes, Drew, Erb-Downward, Erwig, Evans, Feldmesser, Franchi, Fu, Gilbert, Gordon, Guerra, Gustafson, Haka, Han, Henson, Heo, Hibbs, Hoag, Hommel, Huang, Hybiske, Iwasaki, Johnston, Kjos, Kleinschek, Kruskal, Kusner, Lei, Leopold Wager, Levitz, Levitz, Lim, Liu, Lévêque, Ma, Maderna, May, Milam, Mosser, Murdock, Murray, Myers, Müller, Nel, Nicola, Nunes, Okagaki, O’Meara, Pauwels, Qiu, Rajasingham, Russell, Samantaray, Santiago-Tirado, Singh, Smith, Stukes, Stukes, Swisher, Tucker, Vashi, Voelz, Vu, Vu, Walkey, Wang, Wang, Watkins, Weiss, Wormley, Wozniak, Yates, Yoshida, Zaragoza   +98 more
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