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Increased multi-drug resistance among the elderly on admission to the hospital--a 12-year surveillance study.

, 2012
Resistance to antimicrobials continues to increase worldwide. Data suggest that older patients are among the main reservoirs of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in the hospital. We hypothesized that older patients (≥ 65 years of age) are more likely
D'Agata, Erika MC, Denkinger, Claudia M, Denkinger, Michael, Gautam, Shiva, Grant, Alison D   +4 more
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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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Pulmonary cryptococcosis: An unusual presentation

Lung India, 2013
Cryptococcal infection of the lung is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent hosts. Symptomatic cryptococcal lung infection presenting as an endobronchial mass lesion in an immunocompetent host is rare.
Anand K Babu, Ram Gopalakrishnan, L Sundararajan   +2 more
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Chitin-Like Molecules Associate with Cryptococcus neoformans Glucuronoxylomannan To Form a Glycan Complex with Previously Unknown Properties [PDF]

, 2012
In prior studies, we demonstrated that glucuronoxylomannan (GXM), the major capsular polysaccharide of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, interacts with chitin oligomers at the cell wall-capsule interface. the structural determinants regulating
Casadevall, Arturo, Cinelli, Leonardo P., Fonseca, Fernanda L., Guimaraes, Allan J., Miranda, Kildare, Nimrichter, Leonardo, Ramos, Caroline L., Rodrigues, Jessica, Rodrigues, Marcio L., Travassos, Luiz R.   +9 more
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Titan cell production in Cryptococcus neoformans reshapes the cell wall and capsule composition during infection [PDF]

, 2018
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01AI080275 and R21AI22352), the NIH Fogarty International Center (R25TW009345), the University of Minnesota Center for Translational Science Institute (UL1TR000114), Wellcome Trust (086827 ...
Gow, Neil A R, Lee, Keunsook, Mukaremera, Liliane, Nielsen, Kirsten, Wagener, Jeanette, Wiesner, D. L.   +5 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis in non-AIDS patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012
Objective: To investigate the clinical features, management, and prognosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis in non-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients.
Jin-Quan Yu, Ke-Jing Tang, Bing-Ling Xu, Can-Mao Xie, Richard W. Light   +4 more
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Risk factors of laryngeal cryptococcosis: A case report

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2019
Cryptococcal infections are acquired by inhalation of encapsulated yeast cells or basidiospores. While Cryptococcus has a propensity to invade the lungs and central nervous system, other sites can be affected.
Orlando Quintero, Polina Trachuk, Michael Z. Lerner, Judy Sarungbam, Liise-anne Pirofski, Sun O. Park   +5 more
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Approach to Fungal Infections in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals Pneumocystis and Beyond [PDF]

, 2017
Many fungi cause pulmonary disease in HIV-infected patients. Major pathogens include Pneumocystis jirovecii, Cryptococcus neoformans, Aspergillus species, Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides species, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Paracoccidioides ...
Huang, L, Miller, RF, Wang, RJ
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Criptococose pulmonar - relato de caso. [PDF]

, 1999
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Clínica Cirúrgica, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis ...
Cavalcanti, Marcelo Biasi
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Correlation between Clinical Characteristics and Chest Computed Tomography Findings of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis

Pulmonary Medicine, 2015
Objective. The aim of this study was to review HIV-negative patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis to analyze the correlations between clinical characteristics and chest computed tomography (CT) findings. Methods.
Hideaki Yamakawa, Masahiro Yoshida, Masami Yabe, Emiri Baba, Keitaro Okuda, Shota Fujimoto, Hiroaki Katagi, Takeo Ishikawa, Masamichi Takagi, Kazuyoshi Kuwano   +9 more
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