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Cryptococcus gattii: a resurgent fungal pathogen [PDF]

Trends in Microbiology, 2011
Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans are causal agents of cryptococcosis, which manifests as pneumonia and meningitis. C. gattii has recently received widespread attention owing to outbreaks in British Columbia, Canada and the US Pacific Northwest.
Vishnu, Chaturvedi, Sudha, Chaturvedi
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Pitfalls associated with the use of molecular diagnostic panels in the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis [PDF]

, 2017
We report the case of a kidney transplantation patient on chronic immunosuppressive therapy presenting with subacute meningitis. The final diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis was delayed due to 2 false-negative cryptococcal results on a molecular ...
Burnham, Carey-Ann, Dubberke, Erik, Franklin, Alexander, Lainhart, William, O\u27Halloran, Jane A, Powderly, William   +5 more
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Cryptococcus gattii in North American Pacific Northwest: whole-population genome analysis provides insights into species evolution and dispersal [PDF]

, 2014
The emergence of distinct populations of Cryptococcus gattii in the temperate North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) was surprising, as this species was previously thought to be confined to tropical and semitropical regions.
Carriconde, Fabian, Castañeda, Elizabeth, Driebe, Elizabeth M., Engelthaler, David M., Firacative, Carolina, Fisher, Matthew C., Gilgado, Felix, Gillece, John D., Hicks, Nathan D., Huttley, Gavin, Keim, Paul, Lazera, Marcia dos Santos, Lockhart, Shawn R., May, Robin C., Melhem, Marcia S. C., Meyer, Wieland, Ngamskulrungroj, Popchai, Pérez-Bercoff, Asa, Roe, Chandler C., Schupp, James M., Sorrell, Tania C., Thompson, George R., Trilles, Luciana, Voelz, Kerstin   +23 more
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A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
We report a case of Cryptococcus gattii infection in the UK in a 76-year-old woman on biologic therapy for intra-abdominal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. An incidental nodular lung lesion was found on a chest imaging and histology, culture and molecular mycology ...
Isabel Rodriguez-Goncer, Felix Bongomin, Helen M. Doran, Lily Novak-Frazer, Rikesh Masania, Caroline B. Moore, Malcolm D. Richardson   +6 more
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Prevalence of Cryptococcus gattii in Ugandan HIV-infected patients presenting with cryptococcal meningitis.

PLoS ONE, 2022
IntroductionCryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a life threatening disease and leading cause of opportunistic fungal-related mortality in HIV/AIDS. Most CM infections are caused by C.
Abel Wembabazi, Dianah Rhoda Nassozi, Enid Akot, Timothy Isaac Ochola, Prosper Tom Kweka, Nelson Tom Katamu, David Meya, Beatrice Achan   +7 more
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A Peptide from Budding Yeast GAPDH Serves as a Promising Antifungal against Cryptococcus neoformans

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Infection of Cryptococcus neoformans is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, particularly among immunocompromised patients. However, currently available drugs for the treatment of C. neoformans infection are minimal. Here, we report SP1,
Yang Zhang, Liyan Zhou, Yan Liu, Xi Zhao, Xianqiang Lian, Jie Zhang, De Zhao, Yujuan Wang, Jin Zhong, Junfeng Wang, Hongli Wang, Linqi Wang, Yu V. Fu   +12 more
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An evolutionary perspective on zinc uptake by human fungal pathogens [PDF]

, 2015
DW is supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (Grant Number 102549/Z/13/Z).Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Wilson, Duncan
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Pulmonary Iron Limitation Induced by Exogenous Type I IFN Protects Mice from Cryptococcus gattii Independently of T Cells

mBio, 2019
Cryptococcus neoformans causes deadly mycosis primarily in AIDS patients, whereas Cryptococcus gattii infects mostly non-HIV patients, even in regions with high burdens of HIV/AIDS and an established environmental presence of C. gattii.
Michael J. Davis, Shannon Moyer, Elizabeth S. Hoke, Edward Sionov, Katrin D. Mayer-Barber, Dan L. Barber, Hongyi Cai, Lisa Jenkins, Peter J. Walter, Yun C. Chang, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung   +10 more
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Cryptococcus: History, Epidemiology and Immune Evasion

Applied Sciences, 2022
Cryptococcosis is a disease caused by the pathogenic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, both environmental fungi that cause severe pneumonia and may even lead to cryptococcal meningoencephalitis. Although C.
Israel Diniz-Lima, Leonardo Marques da Fonseca, Elias Barbosa da Silva-Junior, Joyce Cristina Guimarães-de-Oliveira, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima, Danielle Oliveira Nascimento, Alexandre Morrot, Jose Osvaldo Previato, Lucia Mendonça-Previato, Debora Decote-Ricardo, Celio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima   +10 more
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Nutritional Requirements and Their Importance for Virulence of Pathogenic Cryptococcus Species [PDF]

, 2017
Cryptococcus sp. are basidiomycete yeasts which can be found widely, free-living in the environment. Interactions with natural predators, such as amoebae in the soil, are thought to have promoted the development of adaptations enabling the organism to ...
Aksenov, Cherniak, Cherniak, Cherniak, Cherniak, Dykstra, Ellis, Garcia-Hermoso, Howard, Huffnagle, Jacobson, Kwon-Chung, Kwon-Chung, Kwon-Chung, Mitchell, Neilson, Nosanchuk, Nosanchuk, Nyhus, Polacheck, Rhodes, Rhodes, Ruiz, Stirret, Wang, Wong   +25 more
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