Abstract ESCANDON, Patricia and GRUPO COLOMBIANO PARA EL ESTUDIO DE LA
CRIPTOCOCOSIS et al. Cryptococcosis in Colombia: Results of the national surveillance …

Cryptococcosis is a systemic–opportunistic mycosis caused by two species of the
encapsulated yeast-like organism, Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, which cause …

BACKGROUND: The differentiation and classification of pathogenic Cryptococcus species
provides useful data for epidemiological studies and for the clinical diagnosis and treatment …

Cryptococcosis, a potentially fatal mycosis, is caused by members of the Cryptococcus
neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes. In Latin America, cryptococcal …

Cryptococcosis is the collective heading of infections caused by members of the
basidiomycetous yeast genus Cryptococcus, a notorious pathogen since the advent of the …

The study of the clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from 83 Brazilian patients with
disseminated cryptococcosis showed that 75 were C. neoformans var. neoformans and 8 …

Throughout Brazil, Cryptococcus neoformans is the cause of cryptococcosis, whereas
Cryptococcus gattii is endemic to the northern and northeastern states. In this study, the …

To identify the clinical and epidemiological profile of cryptococcosis diagnosed at the
University Hospital of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, medical records …

Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection, caused by encapsulated yeast of the genus
Cryptococcus, C neoformans and C gattii. These environmental microorganisms live in …

We analyzed the data collected during a nationwide survey of cryptococcosis (1985–1993).
We first checked the quality of the survey. The stability of its completeness (∼ 50%) and its …