First Case of Human Cryptococcosis Due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in Spain

MF Colom, S Frasés, C Ferrer, A Jover… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report the first case of human cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii
described in our country, which was presented as brain cryptococcoma in an …

Immunohistochemical diagnosis of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii infection in chronic meningoencephalitis: the first case in Japan

T Tsunemi, T Kamata, Y Fumimura, M Watanabe… - Internal …, 2001 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) var. gattii infection usually occurs in tropical
andsubtropical areas, and rarely in the northern hemisphere. Wereport the first Japanese …

Fulminant cryptococcal infections in HIV-infected patients on oral fluconazole.

JP Viard, C Hennequin, N Fortineau, N Pertuiset… - 1995 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Cases are reported in 29-and 40-yr-old HIV-positive men from France, who were receiving
long-term oral fluconazole (50 and 100 mg/d, respectively) for recurrent oral Candida …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece

M Andreou, M Cogliati, F Kolonitsiou… - Medical mycology case …, 2020 - Elsevier
We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma
along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece …

Natural habitat of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii

DH Ellis, TJ Pfeiffer - Journal of clinical microbiology, 1990 - Am Soc Microbiol
Environmental isolations have established that Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii appears
to have a specific ecological association with Eucalyptus camaldulensis. So far, we have …

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 …

First report of Cryptococcus laurentii meningitis and a fatal case of Cryptococcus albidus cryptococcaemia in AIDS patients

T Kordossis, A Avlami, A Velegraki, I Stefanou… - Medical …, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
We report the first case of Cryptococcus laurentii meningitis and a rare case of Cryptococcus
albidus cryptococcaemia in AIDS patients. Both infections were treated with amphotericin B …

First Reported Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from a Patient in Singapore

MB Taylor, D Chadwick, T Barkham - Journal of clinical …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcal meningitis has long been known to afflict immunocompetent patients in
Singapore. We report the first identification of an isolate of Cryptococcus neoformans var …

Evaluation of cryptococcus laurentii meningitis in a patient with HIV infection: a case report and review of the literature.

T Khawcharoenporn, A Apisarnthanarak… - Hawaii medical …, 2006 - search.ebscohost.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cryptococci causing infection in humans.
Non-neoformans cryptococci have generally been regarded as saprophytes and rarely …

Invasive fungal infection by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii with bone marrow and meningeal involvement in a HIV-infected patient: a case report

HT Vechi, RC Theodoro, AL de Oliveira… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic infection in patients infected by
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is the second leading cause of mortality in …