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 …

Epidemiology and Host- and Variety-Dependent Characteristics of Infection Due to Cryptococcus neoformans in Australia and New Zealand

S Chen, T Sorrell, G Nimmo, B Speed… - Clinical infectious …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
A prospective population-based study was conducted in Australia and New Zealand during
1994–1997 to elucidate the epidemiology of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus …

Cryptococcus neoformans in tropical northern Australia: predominantly variant gattii with good outcomes

D Fisher, J Burrow, D Lo… - Australian and New …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background: Infection with Cryptococcus neoformans is common in the Northern
Territory of Australia. Disease is life threatening and treatment is prolonged and often …

The Ecology of Cryptococcus neoformans and the Epidemiology of Cryptococcosis

SM Levitz - Reviews of infectious diseases, 1991 - academic.oup.com
The ecology of Cryptococcus neoformans and the epidemiology of cryptococcosis are
reviewed. Two varieties of C. neojormans have been recognized. C. neojormans variety …

Individual and Environmental Factors Associated with Infection Due to Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype D

F Dromer, S Mathoulin, B Dupont… - Clinical infectious …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Differences between the two varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans with regard to
geographic distribution, epidemiology, and even pathogenicity have been described. None …

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 infections at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (1997–2002): epidemiology, microbiology and histopathology

LMN Hoang, JA Maguire, P Doyle… - Journal of medical …, 2004 - microbiologyresearch.org
An outbreak of infections due to a rare subspecies of Cryptococcus neoformans (var. gattii)
was recognized on Vancouver Island (VI), British Columbia, in 2002, which had affected 59 …

Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in Australia

DH Ellis - Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1987 - Am Soc Microbiol
An examination of 45 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans revealed an unusually
high incidence of C. neoformans var. gattii in South Australia (65%) and in the Northern …

Clinical epidemiological study of 171 cases of cryptococcosis

R Rozenbaum, AJR Gonçalves - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1994 - academic.oup.com
We retrospectively studied 171 patients with cryptococcosis who were divided into three
groups according to their associated predisposing conditions (if any): group 1 comprised …

Epidemiological Evidence for Dormant Cryptococcus neoformans Infection

D Garcia-Hermoso, G Janbon… - Journal of clinical …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
To date, the time of acquisition of a Cryptococcus neoformans infectious strain has never
been studied. We selected a primer,(GACA) 4, and a probe, CNRE-1, that by randomly …