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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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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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Cutaneous cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii in a patient on chronic corticotherapy Criptococose cutânea causada por Cryptococcus gattii em um paciente sob corticoterapia crônica [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010 Cryptococcus gattii causes a form of endemic mycosis that most commonly affects the lungs and central nervous system of immunocompetent patients living in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Case report.
Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues +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 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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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 +4 more
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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 +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 +3 more
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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 +19 more
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Genomic epidemiology of Cryptococcus yeasts identifies adaptation to environmental niches underpinning infection across an African HIV/AIDS cohort [PDF]
, 2016 Emerging infections caused by fungi have become a widely recognized global phenomenon and are causing an increasing burden of disease. Genomic techniques are providing new insights into the structure of fungal populations, revealing hitherto undescribed ...
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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 +6 more
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