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Capsule independent uptake of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans into brain microvascular endothelial cells. [PDF]

, 2012
Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal disease with a high rate of mortality among HIV/AIDS patients across the world. The ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is central to the pathogenesis of cryptococcosis, but the way in which this
May, Robin C, Wilber Sabiiti (170648), Sabiiti, Wilber, May, Robin; id_orcid, Sabiiti, W, May, RC, Robin C. May (170650), Wilber Sabiiti, Sabiiti Wilber, Robin C May, May Robin C.   +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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The Search for the Natural Habitat of Cryptococcus gattii [PDF]

Mycopathologia, 2010
In this issue of Mycopathologia, Loperana-Alvarezet al. [1] report that they have isolated the pathogenicyeast Cryptococcus gattii from trees and succulentplants in Puerto Rico, a tropical island in theCaribbean.Until a decade ago the basidiomycetous yeastCryptococcus gattii was a rare cause of cryptococcosisin humans and animals that occurred mainly ...
Hagen, F., Boekhout, T.
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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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Genotypic diversity is associated with clinical outcome and phenotype in cryptococcal meningitis across Southern Africa [PDF]

, 2015
This work was supported by Wellcome Trust (UK) (www.wellcome.ac.uk) awards to TB (WT069991), GM (WT098316), and JNJ (WT081794); Medical Research Council (MRC UK) (www.mrc.ac.uk) awards to MCF (K000373/1), RCM (G0601171), TSH (G1002327); European Research
Fisher, Matthew C, Matthew C Fisher, Matthew C. Fisher (129755), Angela Loyse (292490), Meintjes, Graeme, Fisher, Matthew C., Emma J. Robertson (760738), Sabiiti, Wilber, O'Hanlon, SJ, O'Hanlon, Simon J, Joseph N Jarvis, Tihana Bicanic (718812), Thomas S. Harrison (222993), Fisher, MC, Karen M Fuentes-Cabrejo, Fuentes-Cabrejo, KM, Fuentes-Cabrejo, Karen M, Angela Loyse, Fisher, M, Harrison, Thomas S, Harrison, TS, Robertson, EJ, Simon J. O’Hanlon (760740), Loyse, Angela, Meintjes, G, Simon J O'Hanlon, Robin C May, Jarvis, Joseph N, Emma J Robertson, Wilber Sabiiti (170648), Thomas S Harrison, Mathew A. Beale (663616), Wilber Sabiiti, Robertson, Emma J, Joseph N. Jarvis (435279), Robertson, Emma J., Jarvis, JN, May, Robin C, Mathew A Beale, Karen M. Fuentes-Cabrejo (760739), Graeme Meintjes (221054), Beale, Mathew A, Tihana Bicanic, Sabiiti, W, Bicanic, T, May, RC, Loyse, A, May, Robin C; id_orcid, Bicanic, Tihana, Graeme Meintjes, Beale, MA, Robin C. May (170650)   +51 more
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Cryptococcus gattii: The Tip of the Iceberg [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2011
TO THE EDITOR—Our historical understanding of Cryptococcus gattii depicts a fungus that is geographically restricted to tropical and subtropical regions, where it has a propensity to cause central nervous system (CNS) disease in persons with normal immune systems. This fungus, which only recently has been appreciated as a species distinct from its more
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Search for Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii Complexes and Related Genera (Filobasidium, Holtermanniella, Naganishia, Papiliotrema, Solicoccozyma, Vishniacozyma) spp. Biotope: Two Years Surveillance of Wild Avian Fauna in Southern France

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Fungi belonging to the Cryptococcus genus and related genera (Filobasidium, Holtermanniella, Naganishia, Papiliotrema, Solicoccozyma, Vishniacozyma) are encapsulated yeasts found in either the environment or animal sources.
Sébastien Bertout, Tiphany Gouveia, Donika Krasteva, Julie Pierru, Cyrille Pottier, Virginie Bellet, Emilie Arianiello, Florian Salipante, Frédéric Roger, Pascal Drakulovski   +9 more
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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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