[HTML][HTML] Ecoepidemiology of Cryptococcus gattii in Developing Countries

PF Herkert, F Hagen, RL Pinheiro, MD Muro, JF Meis… - Journal of fungi, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcosis is a systemic infection caused by species of the encapsulated yeast
Cryptococcus. The disease may occur in immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts …

Cryptococcus gattii, No Longer an Accidental Pathogen?

DJ Springer, S Phadke, RB Billmyre… - Current fungal infection …, 2012 - Springer
Cryptococcus gattii is an environmentally occurring pathogen that is responsible for causing
cryptococcosis marked by pneumonia and meningoencephalitis in humans and animals. C …

Cryptococcosis: Emergence of Cryptococcus gattii in Animals and Zoonotic Potential

K Singh, M Ilkit, T Shokohi, A Tolooe, R Malik… - Emerging and epizootic …, 2018 - Springer
Cryptococcosis is one of the most serious fungal diseases of animals worldwide, affecting a
wide variety of mammals (including humans) and, occasionally, birds, reptiles, and …

Cryptococcus gattii: a resurgent fungal pathogen

V Chaturvedi, S Chaturvedi - Trends in microbiology, 2011 - cell.com
Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans are causal agents of cryptococcosis,
which manifests as pneumonia and meningitis. C. gattii has recently received widespread …

What makes Cryptococcus gattii a pathogen?

E Bielska, RC May - FEMS yeast research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection of humans and other animals, typically caused
by the species Cryptococcus neoformans in patients with impaired immunity. However, there …

[HTML][HTML] What's New in Cryptococcus gattii: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond

J Beardsley, A Dao, C Keighley, K Garnham… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus species are a major cause of life-threatening infections in
immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. While most disease is caused by …

[HTML][HTML] Projecting global occurrence of Cryptococcus gattii

DJ Springer, V Chaturvedi - Emerging infectious diseases, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cryptococcus gattii and C. neoformans cause pulmonary and systemic cryptococcosis.
Recently, C. gattii was recognized as a distinct pathogen of humans and animals. We …

[HTML][HTML] The Cryptococcus gattii species complex: Unique pathogenic yeasts with understudied virulence mechanisms

L Saidykhan, CU Onyishi, RC May - PLoS Neglected Tropical …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Members of Cryptococcus gattii/neoformans species complex are the etiological agents of
the potentially fatal human fungal infection cryptococcosis. C. gattii and its sister species …

Cryptococcus gattii: Emergence in Western North America: Exploitation of a Novel Ecological Niche

K Datta, KH Bartlett, KA Marr - Interdisciplinary perspectives on …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The relatively uncommon fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii recently emerged as a
significant cause of cryptococcal disease in human and animals in the Pacific Northwest of …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus: History, Epidemiology and Immune Evasion

I Diniz-Lima, LM Fonseca, EB Silva-Junior… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcosis is a disease caused by the pathogenic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and
Cryptococcus gattii, both environmental fungi that cause severe pneumonia and may even …