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Cryptococcosis and Cryptococcus [PDF]
Mycopathologia, 2021 Cryptococcosis is the collective heading of infections caused by members of the basidiomycetous yeast genus Cryptococcus, a notorious pathogen since the advent of the HIV/AIDS-pandemic. A cryptococcal infection usually manifests itself as a pneumonia and/
E. Francisco, Auke W. de Jong, F. Hagen
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Trends in Microbiology, 2020 20. Perfect JR, Lang SD, Durack DT. Chronic cryptococcal meningitis: a new experimental model in rabbits. Am J Pathol. 1980;101:177– 94. 21. Kwon-Chung KJ, Bennett JE, Rhodes JC. Taxonomic studies on Filobasidiella species and their anamorphs.
Antonie Van Leeuwen
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Cryptococcus Species Other Than Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii: Are They Clinically Significant? [PDF]
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Cryptococcus spp is a major cause of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients, primarily due to Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.
E. Cano, Zachary A. Yetmar, R. Razonable
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The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans [PDF]
Virulence, 2018 The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans is its dominant virulence factor and plays a key role in the biology of this fungus. In this essay, we focus on the capsule as a cellular structure and note the limitations inherent in the current methodologies ...
A. Casadevall +6 more
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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis due to Cryptococcus in a Multiple Sclerosis Patient on Fingolimod
Case Reports in Neurology, 2022 Fingolimod is a disease-modifying treatment utilized in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Fingolimod has been associated with an increased risk in herpes simplex and varicella infection in clinical trials.
Joel A. Kammeyer, Nicole M. Lehmann
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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 +6 more
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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 +3 more
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Exogenous cryptococcal endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent patient
Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023 We describe a case of exogenous cryptococcal endophthalmitis without central nervous system (CNS) involvement or systemic infection in an immunocompetent patient.
Daniel Zhu +7 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2021 The genus Cryptococcus contains two primary species complexes that are significant opportunistic human fungal pathogens: C. neoformans and C. gattii.
Marhiah C. Montoya +2 more
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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 +4 more
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