Cryptococcus neoformans: historical curiosity to modern pathogen

D Srikanta, FH Santiago‐Tirado, TL Doering - Yeast, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of the Basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans to human health has stimulated
its development as an experimental model for both basic physiology and pathogenesis. …

A holistic review on Cryptococcus neoformans

SS Rathore, J Sathiyamoorthy, C Lalitha… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the leading species among the
other Cryptococcus species to cause infection in immunocompromised patients [19,20]. …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, the etiologic agents of cryptococcosis

KJ Kwon-Chung, JA Fraser… - Cold Spring …, 2014 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the two etiologic agents of cryptococcosis
and can be readily distinguished from other pathogenic yeasts such as Candida by the …

Evidence that the Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii May Have Evolved in Africa

AP Litvintseva, I Carbone, J Rossouw, R Thakur… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
… Most of the species of fungi that cause disease in mammals, including Cryptococcus neoformans
var. grubii (serotype A), are exogenous and non-contagious. Cryptococcus neoformans

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 …

Environmental Factors That Contribute to the Maintenance of Cryptococcus neoformans Pathogenesis

M Maliehe, MA Ntoi, S Lahiri, OS Folorunso… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
… This polyphyletic genus is home to over 50 species; however, two of them have emerged
as important human pathogens [2]. Cryptococcus (C.) neoformans, one of these pathogenic

Factors enforcing the species boundary between the human pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus deneoformans

SJ Priest, MA Coelho, V Mixão, SA Clancey, Y Xu… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… Hybrid isolates of two pathogenic fungal Cryptococcus species, Cryptococcus neoformans
and Cryptococcus deneoformans, are isolated regularly from both clinical and environmental …

The interplay of phenotype and genotype in Cryptococcus neoformans disease

S Altamirano, KM Jackson, K Nielsen - Bioscience Reports, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening
meningitis primarily in immunocompromised individuals. In order to survive and proliferate …

Continental drift and speciation of the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes

A Casadevall, JB Freij, C Hann-Soden, J Taylor - Msphere, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Given the modern association of Cryptococcus species with birds, particularly invasive rock
… in the Early Cretaceous, the major radiation of modern birds occurred after the end of the …

[PDF][PDF] The modern approaches to the etiotropic treatment of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans

SA Maksimovic - 2020 - dspace.spbu.ru
… В ряде медицинских центров этого региона Cryptococcus neoformans является
наиболее частым этиологическим агентом менингитов, подтвержденных культуральными …