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Cryptococcal Endocarditis in Humans—A Narrative Review [PDF]

Pathogens
Background: Cryptococcus species constitute opportunistic fungi that seldom cause infections in individuals with competent immune systems. In the rare case of cryptococcal endocarditis, the fungus infiltrates the endocardium.
Petros Ioannou, Afroditi Ziogou, Alexios Giannakodimos, Ilias Giannakodimos, Andreas G. Tsantes, George Samonis   +5 more
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Synthesis of analogs of the Gwt1 inhibitor manogepix (APX001A) and in vitro evaluation against Cryptococcus spp. [PDF]

Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 2019
Trzoss M, Covel JA, Kapoor M, Moloney MK, Soltow QA, Webb PJ, Shaw KJ.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Isolation and Identification of Fungi from Lungs and Rumens of Small Ruminants [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2022
The current study aimed at the isolation and identification of some fungal types that infected the lungs and rumens of small ruminants (non-healthy animals).
Batool S. Hamza et al.
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Horse: a potential source of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Egypt

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, Sara M. Nader, Dalia A. Hamza, Maha A. Sabry   +3 more
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Visible DNA microarray and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for the identification of Cryptococcus species recovered from culture medium and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningitis [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2020
Cryptococcal meningitis affects normal hosts and immunocompromised patients exhibiting high mortality rates. The objective of this study was to design two molecular assays, visible microarray platforms and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP ...
P. Stivanelli, C.A. Tararam, P. Trabasso, L.O. Levy, M.S.C. Melhem, A.Z. Schreiber, M.L. Moretti   +6 more
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Evaluation of in vitro Antifungal Activity of Xylosma prockia (Turcz.) Turcz. (Salicaceae) Leaves Against Cryptococcus spp. [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Cryptococcus species are responsible for important systemic mycosis and are estimated to cause millions of new cases annually. The available therapy is limited due to the high toxicity and the increasing rates of yeast resistance to antifungal drugs ...
Mariany L. C. Folly, Gabriella Freitas Ferreira, Maiara R. Salvador, Ana A. Sathler, Guilherme Silva, Joice Castelo Branco Santos, Julliana Ribeiro Alves dos Santos, Wallace Ribeiro Nunes Neto, João Francisco Silva Rodrigues, Elizabeth S. Fernandes, Luís Cláudio Nascimento da Silva, Gustavo José Cota de Freitas, Ângelo M. L. Denadai, Ivanildes Vasconcelos Rodrigues, Leonardo Meneghin Mendonça, Andrea Souza Monteiro, Daniel Assis Santos, Gabriela M. Cabrera, Gastón E. Siless, Karen Luise Lang   +19 more
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Faster Cryptococcus Melanization Increases Virulence in Experimental and Human Cryptococcosis

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Cryptococcus spp. are human pathogens that cause 181,000 deaths per year. In this work, we systematically investigated the virulence attributes of Cryptococcus spp.
Herdson Renney de Sousa, Getúlio Pereira de Oliveira, Stefânia de Oliveira Frazão, Kaio César de Melo Gorgonha, Camila Pereira Rosa, Emãnuella Melgaço Garcez, Joaquim Lucas, Amabel Fernandes Correia, Waleriano Ferreira de Freitas, Higor Matos Borges, Lucas Gomes de Brito Alves, Hugo Costa Paes, Luciana Trilles, Márcia dos Santos Lazera, Marcus de Melo Teixeira, Vitor Laerte Pinto, Maria Sueli Soares Felipe, Arturo Casadevall, Ildinete Silva-Pereira, Patrícia Albuquerque, André Moraes Nicola   +20 more
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Simvastatin inhibits planktonic cells and biofilms of Candida and Cryptococcus species

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
The antifungal activity of some statins against different fungal species has been reported. Thus, at the first moment, the in vitro antifungal activity of simvastatin, atorvastatin and pravastatin was tested against Candida spp.
Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante, Erica Pacheco Caetano, Jonathas Sales de Oliveira, Débora de Souza Collares Maia Castelo-Branco, Elizabeth Ribeiro Yokobatake Souza, Lucas Pereira de Alencar, Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes Bandeira, José Júlio Costa Sidrim, Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha   +9 more
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Resistance mechanisms of Cryptococcus spp. and plant compounds as tools to combat them

, 2021
Cryptococcus is a genus of dimorphic basidiomycete fungi found in the form of yeasts and filaments. Cryptococcosis has as main etiological agents the species Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.
Suéllen Pedrosa da Silva, Clarice Barbosa Lucena da Costa, J. F. D. Silva, R. R. V. Alves, Guilherme Antonio de Souza Silva, Anderson Felipe Soares de Freitas, Caio César da Silva Guedes, A. Marinho, P. Paiva, T. Napoleão   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Differential antifungal activity of human and cryptococcal melanins with structural discrepancies [PDF]

, 2017
Indexación: Scopus.Melanin is a pigment found in all biological kingdoms, and plays a key role in protection against ultraviolet radiation, oxidizing agents, and ionizing radiation damage. Melanin exerts an antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi,
Correa, N., Covarrubias, C., Hermosilla, G., Magne, F., Meyer, W., Olate, V.R., Rodas, P.I., Tapia, C.V., Valdés, C.   +8 more
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