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Diagnostic Performance of the QIAstat‐Dx Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel: Insights From Seven Clinical Evaluations

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 15, Issue 1, February 2026.
This review compares the QIAstat‐Dx ME panel with the BioFire FilmArray ME panel across seven studies on CNS infections. The findings support the clinical utility of QIAstat‐Dx, highlighting its diagnostic performance, interpretative advantages, and the need for further real‐world evaluation in high‐risk populations.
Flora Marzia Liotti, Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Giulia De Angelis   +3 more
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Neglected Mycoses in Brazil: A Population‐Based Study of Mortality and In‐Hospital Mortality Over 25 Years

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the epidemiology, associated factors, spatial distribution, and temporal trends of mortality and in‐hospital mortality related to systemic mycoses in Brazil, 2000–2024. Methods This is a nationwide ecological study combining temporal and spatial analyses using death certificates (DC; underlying and/or associated causes ...
Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Jorg Heukelbach, Eliana Amorim de Souza, Maria Aparecida Shikanai‐Yasuda, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Fernanda Dockhorn Costa, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão, Helia Kawa, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr.   +8 more
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Rapid Detection of Fungi in Nail Specimens Using Multi‐Tube Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Conventional diagnostic methods for onychomycosis possess disadvantages related to limited sensitivity, extended turnaround times and strong reliance on operator expertise. Objectives To develop a molecular assay with high sensitivity and specificity for rapid detection of multiple fungal pathogens in nail specimens. Methods A multi‐
Rong Wu, Meirong Li, Weian Du, Zetao Chen, Songchao Yin, Ling Hu, Liyan Xi, Jing Zhang, Huaiqiu Huang   +8 more
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Fatal Outcome due to Disseminated Cryptococcosis in a Patient With HIVrequiring Veno‐Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Report

Acute Medicine &Surgery, Volume 13, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
This report details a fatal case of fulminant disseminated cryptococcosis in a young male with undiagnosed HIV. He rapidly developed multi‐organ failure, refractory shock, and cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed extensive myocardial cryptococcal infiltration and microemboli, suggesting a critical role in the acute refractory shock that led to his death ...
Taisei Sasamoto, Naoki Kawahara, Hiroki Matsui, Koji Morishita   +3 more
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Biology of Cryptococcus gattii [PDF]

Cryptococcus gattii lives in the environment (1), usually in association with certain trees or soil around trees. Humans and animals can become infected with C.

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Immune dysfunction in HIV-seronegative, Cryptococcus gattii meningitis [PDF]

, 2007
The pathophysiology of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus gattii in apparently immunocompetent individuals remains unclear. We measured multiple cytokines in CSF from a HIV-seronegative, apparently immunocompetent, Thai patient with C.
Siddiqui, A.A., Siddiqui, Asna A., Sigaloff, Kim C.E., Wannapasni, S., Sigaloff, K.C., Chierakul, W., Harrison, T.S., Kester, M., Rajanuwong, A., Rajanuwong, Adul, Wannapasni, Saran, Sigaloff, Kim C. E., Chierakul, Wirongrong, Kester, Maartje I., Brouwer, A.E., Harrison, Thomas S., Brouwer, Annemarie E.   +16 more
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Could the Biological Potency of Porcelia macrocarpa R.E. Fries (Annonaceae) be Linked to Its Diverse Metabolite Profile?

Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Porcelia macrocarpa is a Brazilian plant species belonging to the Annonaceae family. To date, more than 190 compounds have been identified and/or isolated from this species, with terpenoids comprising the majority (62%). Alkaloids represent the second most abundant class (11%), followed by steroids (4%), acetogenins (4%), fatty acids (4 ...
Fernanda Thevenard, Ivanildo A. Brito, Emerson A. Oliveira, Mariana H. Chaves, João Henrique G. Lago   +4 more
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First isolation of Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGII and Cryptococcus neoformans molecular type VNI from environmental sources in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are important agents of meningoencephalitis in humans in the city of Belém. This clinical data suggests that the region may be a highly endemic area for the pathogenic Cryptococcus species within the state ...
Solange do PSE Costa, Márcia dos S Lazéra, Wallace RA Santos, Bernardina P Morales, Cláudia CF Bezerra, Marília M Nishikawa, Gláucia G Barbosa, Luciana Trilles, José LM do Nascimento, Bodo Wanke   +9 more
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Correlation of Genotype and In Vitro Susceptibilities of Cryptococcus gattii Strains from the Pacific Northwest of the United States

, 2009
Cryptococcus gattii emerged in North America in 1999 as a human and veterinary pathogen on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The emergent subtype, VGIIa, and the closely related subtype VGIIb can now be found in the United States in Washington, Oregon,
Shawn R. Lockhart, Tom Chiller, Cryptococcus Public   +2 more
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Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii from feline chronic stage lipoid pneumonia

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2019
We hereby report a unique manifestation of feline cryptococcosis in the form of extensively consolidated lipoid pneumonia resulting in an isolated space-occupying lung lobe mass.
Robert Newman, Megan Schaible
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