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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, Aiken Dao, Caitlin Keighley, Katherine Garnham, Catriona Halliday, Sharon C.-A. Chen, Tania C. Sorrell   +6 more
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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, Lauren A. Dalvin, Bobbi S. Pritt, Madiha Fida, Mary J. Kasten, Timothy W. Olsen   +5 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 Microbiology
Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening invasive fungal infection with significantly increasing mortality worldwide, which is mainly caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.
Xin Ye, Lei Zhang, Qingqing Yang, Weihua Pan, Xiaoyan Zeng   +4 more
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Cryptococcus gattii meningitis complicated by immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an apparent immunocompetent host in Malaysia

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2022
Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii. Cryptococcus causes a wide range of diseases, ranging from asymptomatic pulmonary lesions to disseminated disease involving the central nervous system,
Chee Yik Chang, Syarul Hafiz Mohd Shah, Jia Yin Lio, Norazlah Bahari, Anuradha P. Radhakrishnan   +4 more
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Concurrent Pulmonary and Cerebellar Cryptococcus Gattii Cryptococcoma in an Apparently Immunocompetent Patient in Florida

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021
Cryptococcus infection is caused by one of the two species, Cryptococcus neoformans, or the less common Cryptococcus gattii. While Cryptococcus neoformans commonly infects the immunocompromised population, Cryptococcus gattii has been seen more ...
Benjamin Billings, Neeka Akhavan, Amy Vittor, Ying Nagoshi   +3 more
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Horse: a potential source of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Egypt

BMC Veterinary Research, 2022
Background Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic mycozoonosis of global significance in a wide variety of host species. In equines, cryptococcosis is uncommon, and sporadic cases have been reported with rhinitis, sinusitis, pneumonia, and meningitis ...
Rahma Mohammed, Sara M. Nader, Dalia A. Hamza, Maha A. Sabry   +3 more
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In vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Profiles of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and Cryptococcus gattii Clinical Isolates in Guangxi, Southern China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
This study analyzed the in vitro drug sensitivity of Cryptococcus spp. from Guangxi, Southern China. One hundred three strains of Cryptococcus were recovered from 86 patients; 14 were HIV positive and 72 were HIV negative.
Najwa Al-Odaini, Najwa Al-Odaini, Xiu-ying Li, Xiu-ying Li, Bing-kun Li, Bing-kun Li, Xing-chun Chen, Chun-yang Huang, Chun-yang Huang, Chun-ying Lv, Chun-ying Lv, Kai-su Pan, Kai-su Pan, Dong-yan Zheng, Dong-yan Zheng, Yan-qing Zheng, Yan-qing Zheng, Wan-qing Liao, Cun-wei Cao, Cun-wei Cao   +19 more
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Primeira descrição da caracterização fenotípica e susceptibilidade in vitro a drogas de leveduras do gênero Cryptococcus spp isoladas de pacientes HIV positivos e negativos, Estado de Mato Grosso First description of phenotypic profile and in vitro drug susceptibility of Cryptococcus spp yeast isolated from HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients in State of Mato Grosso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
Foram avaliados 37 isolados de 10 pacientes HIV negativos e 26 positivos, em Mato Grosso. Exame direto, cultura e quimiotipagem de espécies foram realizados. Cetoconazol, itraconazol, voriconazol, fluconazol e anfotericina B foram avaliados.
Olivia Cometti Favalessa, Luciano Correa Ribeiro, Tomoko Tadano, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Flávio Basili Dias, Bruno Pereira Albuquerque Coelho, Rosane Christine Hahn   +6 more
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Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020
We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece.
Marina Andreou, Massimo Cogliati, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Charalampos Stroumpos, Vasiliki Stamouli, Panagiota Ravazoula, Dimitrios Siagris, Helen Papadogeorgaki, Myrto Christofidou, Alexandra Lekkou   +9 more
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Primeiro isolamento ambiental de Cryptococcus gattii no Estado do Espírito Santo First isolation of Cryptococcus gattii from the environment in the State of Espírito Santo

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
A presença de Cryptococcus gattii foi investigada em diferentes regiões do Estado do Espírito Santo. A maioria (73) das amostras foi coletada de árvores localizadas em lugares públicos de Vitória; 47 amostras foram coletadas de áreas preservadas ou ainda
Ludmila de Matos Baltazar, Mariceli Araújo Ribeiro   +1 more
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