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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 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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Environmental Status of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Colombia [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 The genus Cryptococcus comprises more than 80 species, including C. neoformans and C. gattii, which are pathogenic to humans, mainly affecting the central nervous system. The two species differ in geographic distribution and environmental niche.
Briggith-Nathalia Serna-Espinosa +4 more
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Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent patient. [PDF]
Radiol Case RepCryptococcosis is a fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans that primarily affects the brain and lungs. While C. gatti typically infects immunodeficient hosts, it can also infect immunocompetent hosts, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions.
Fegahli C, Fegahli E.
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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 +1 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 [PDF]
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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Unisexual Reproduction of Cryptococcus gattii [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Cryptococcus gattii is a basidiomycetous human fungal pathogen that typically causes infection in tropical and subtropical regions and is responsible for an ongoing outbreak in immunocompetent individuals on Vancouver Island and in the Pacific Northwest of the US.
Sujal S Phadke +4 more
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Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGIII from feline nasal injury [PDF]
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018 Hereby we communicate the first autochthon isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGIII in Chile, which was obtained from a nasal injury in a domestic cat in the Valparaíso region in Chile.
Peggy Vieille +4 more
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Ecoepidemiology of Cryptococcus gattii in Developing Countries [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2017 Cryptococcosis is a systemic infection caused by species of the encapsulated yeast Cryptococcus. The disease may occur in immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts and is acquired by the inhalation of infectious propagules present in the environment.
Patricia Herkert +5 more
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