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Cryptococcus gattii endogenous chorioretinitis [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022 Purpose: To present a case of subretinal abscess associated with pneumonia and meningitis caused by Cryptococcus gattii in an immunocompetent host. Observations: A 37-year-old man presented with sub-acute painless unilateral vision loss and a white ...
Keirnan L. Willett +5 more
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Phenotypic Switching of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii [PDF]
Mycopathologia, 2008 Microorganisms that live in fluctuating environments must constantly adapt their behavior to survive. The host constitutes an important microenvironment in opportunistic and primary fungal pathogens like Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) and Cryptococcus gattii (C. gattii).
Neena Jain, Bettina C. Fries
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What’s New in Cryptococcus gattii: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Cryptococcus species are a major cause of life-threatening infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. While most disease is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptococcus gattii, a genotypically and phenotypically distinct species, is ...
Justin Beardsley +6 more
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Cryptococcus gattii Infections [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2014 SUMMARYUnderstanding of the taxonomy and phylogeny ofCryptococcus gattiihas been advanced by modern molecular techniques.C. gattiiprobably diverged fromCryptococcus neoformansbetween 16 million and 160 million years ago, depending on the dating methods applied, and maintains diversity by recombining in nature.
Sharon C-A Chen +2 more
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Cryptococcus gattii: The Tip of the Iceberg [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2011 TO THE EDITOR—Our historical understanding of Cryptococcus gattii depicts a fungus that is geographically restricted to tropical and subtropical regions, where it has a propensity to cause central nervous system (CNS) disease in persons with normal immune systems. This fungus, which only recently has been appreciated as a species distinct from its more
Kieren A. Marr
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mBio, 2012 Cryptococcosis is caused by the opportunistic pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans or by the primary pathogen Cryptococcus gattii. Epidemiological studies suggest that patients infected with C.
Popchai Ngamskulrungroj +3 more
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Rapid duplex flap probe-based isothermal assay to identify the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyCryptococcosis is a life-threatening invasive fungal infection with significantly increasing mortality worldwide, which is mainly caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.
Xin Ye +4 more
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A Fatal Fungal Infection: Cryptococcus gattii (VGI) Meningitis in Texas. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect Dis, 2022 Nielsen MC +9 more
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Infectio, 2010 La tipificación molecular de los aislamientos del complejo C. neoformans/C. gattii constituye hoy en día una nueva herramienta para la vigilancia de este importante patógeno oportunista. Por medio de esta comunicación queremos dar a conocer al cuerpo médico y de laboratorio en Colombia, la importancia de la PCR huella digital en el estudio de la ...
Patricia Escandón, Andrés Montilla
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A murine model of Cryptococcus gattii meningoencephalitis [PDF]
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2012 Meningoencephalitis caused by Cryptococcus gattii is associated with significant morbidity and the need for aggressive therapy, and often necessitates neurosurgical intervention. We adapted a previously described murine model of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans to that caused by C.
George R. Thompson +6 more
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