Background Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompromised patients. The major species include Cryptococcus grubii, Cryptococcus neoformans, and rarely, Cryptococcus gattii.
Chi-Tung Chen +2 more
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Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans - Cosmopolitans on the move
The fungal pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the leading cause of fungal meningitis worldwide. Until three decades ago both pathogenic yeast species were, however, rarely encountered. The onset of the HIV-pandemic during the early 1980s showed the deadly potential of the opportunist C.
Hagen, F. +5 more
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Virulence profiling of <i>Cryptococcus gattii</i> isolates in China: insights from a multi-center study. [PDF]
Zang X +13 more
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Epidemiology, management and outcomes of Cryptococcus gattii infections: A 22-year cohort. [PDF]
O'Hern JA +11 more
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GM-CSF orchestrates monocyte and granulocyte responses to Cryptococcus gattii. [PDF]
Ricafrente A +7 more
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Determining Potential Link between Environmental and Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii Species Complexes Using Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterisation. [PDF]
Kebabonye K +5 more
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Correction: Molecular epidemiology and microbiological characteristics of Cryptococcus gattii VGII isolates from China. [PDF]
Zang X +10 more
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An Emerging Infectious Yeast to Watch: <i>Cryptococcus gattii</i> Species Complex. [PDF]
Peltak SN, Steen TY.
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Distribution and Polymorphisms of Group I Introns in Mitochondrial Genes from Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. [PDF]
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