Autochthonous Cryptococcus gattii genotype VGIIb infection in a Japanese patient with anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor antibodies

T Hamaguchi, N Uchida, M Fujita-Nakata… - Journal of Infection and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A 31-year-old Japanese man presented with cerebral and pulmonary cryptococcosis.
Cryptococcus gattii (C. gattii) genotype VGIIb was detected in the patient's sputum and …

Genome variation in Cryptococcus gattii, an emerging pathogen of immunocompetent hosts

CA D'souza, JW Kronstad, G Taylor, R Warren, M Yuen… - MBio, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus gattii recently emerged as the causative agent of cryptococcosis in healthy
individuals in western North America, despite previous characterization of the fungus as a …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and microbiological characteristics of cryptococcosis in Singapore: predominance of Cryptococcus neoformans compared with Cryptococcus gattii

M Chan, D Lye, MK Win, A Chow, T Barkham - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe the clinical features, treatments, outcomes, and subtype prevalence
of cryptococcosis in Singapore. Methods All patients with laboratory confirmed cryptococcal …

Treatment and Outcomes among Patients with Cryptococcus gattii Infections in the United States Pacific Northwest

RM Smith, A Mba-Jonas, M Tourdjman, T Schimek… - Plos one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen causing an emerging outbreak in the
United States Pacific Northwest (PNW). Treatment guidelines for cryptococcosis are …

Multilocus sequence typing of strains from the Cryptococcus gattii species complex from different continents

V Bellet, F Roger, D Krasteva, T Gouveia… - Mycoses, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes
are pathogens causing cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal infection that leads to death unless …

Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay to Identify and Distinguish between Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Species Complexes

E Tay, SCA Chen, W Green, R Lopez, CL Halliday - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the principle causative agents of
cryptococcosis. Differences in epidemiological and clinical features, and also treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus gattii meningitis complicated by immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an apparent immunocompetent host in Malaysia

CY Chang, SHM Shah, JY Lio, N Bahari… - Medical mycology case …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans or
Cryptococcus gattii. Cryptococcus causes a wide range of diseases, ranging from …

Cryptococcus Neoformans Var. Gattii meningoencephalitis with cryptococcoma in an immunocompetent patient successfully treated by surgical resection

T Inada, H Imamura, M Kawamoto… - No Shinkei geka …, 2014 - europepmc.org
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection, which mainly invades the lungs and central nervous
system. In Japan, most cases of cryptococcosis are caused by Cryptococcus neoformans (C …

Cerebellar cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii VGI; a rare and first report from India

SL Mukhopadhyay, M Kumar… - JMM Case …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Introduction: Cryptococcus gattii is an emerging global pathogen. Recent reports suggest
that C. gattii cryptococcosis is more common in immunocompetent as well as HIV-infected …

Central Nervous System Cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii in the Tropics

J Lizarazo, E Castañeda - Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cryptococcosis of the central nervous system due to
Cryptococcus gattii species complex is a serious mycosis with worldwide distribution but of …