The Biology of the Cryptococcus neoformans Species Complex

X Lin, J Heitman - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Cryptococcus neoformans is a major cause of fungal meningoencephalitis in
immunocompromised patients. Despite recent advances in the genetics and molecular …

Cryptococcus neoformans: morphogenesis, infection, and evolution

X Lin - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2009 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans is the major causative agent of fungal meningoencephalitis in
both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. During infection, this fungus …

Comparative Analysis of Environmental and Clinical Populations of Cryptococcus neoformans

AP Litvintseva, L Kestenbaum, R Vilgalys… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans is a major, global cause of meningoencephalitis in
immunocompromised patients. Despite advances in the molecular epidemiology of C …

Cryptococcus neoformans Infection in the Central Nervous System: The Battle between Host and Pathogen

Y Chen, ZW Shi, AB Strickland, M Shi - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) is a pathogenic fungus with a global distribution.
Humans become infected by inhaling the fungus from the environment, and the fungus …

Mixed Infections and In Vivo Evolution in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

M Desnos-Ollivier, S Patel, AR Spaulding, C Charlier… - MBio, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Koch's postulates are criteria establishing a causal relationship between a microbe and a
disease that lead to the assumption that diseases are caused by a single strain or its …

Profiling a killer, the development of Cryptococcus neoformans

L Kozubowski, J Heitman - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The ability of fungi to transition between unicellular and multicellular growth has a profound
impact on our health and the economy. Many important fungal pathogens of humans …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans: virulence factors and immunological mechanisms

ML Rodrigues, CS Alviano, LR Travassos - Microbes and infection, 1999 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans is the causative agent of cryptococcosis and cryptococcal
meningitis, which are serious pathological conditions affecting up to 10% of patients with …

Life Cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans

Y Zhao, J Lin, Y Fan, X Lin - Annual review of microbiology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus and an opportunistic
pathogen that causes fatal cryptococcal meningitis. Advances in genomics, genetics, and …

Deciphering the Model Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus Neoformans

A Idnurm, YS Bahn, K Nielsen, X Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2005 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is a basidiomycete fungal pathogen of humans that has diverged
considerably from other model fungi such as Neurospora crassa, Aspergillus nidulans …

Clinical and Host Differences Between Infections with the Two Varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans

B Speed, D Dunt - Clinical infectious diseases, 1995 - academic.oup.com
A population-based register of cases of cryptococcosis in patients treated in Victoria,
Australia, over a 10-year period was established for studying the epidemiologic and clinical …