Melanins are enigmatic pigments that are produced by a wide variety of microorganisms
including several species of pathogenic bacteria, fungi and helminthes. The study of …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a major cause of fungal meningoencephalitis in
immunocompromised patients. Despite recent advances in the genetics and molecular …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic basidiomycetous yeast responsible for more than
600,000 deaths each year. It occurs as two serotypes (A and D) representing two varieties …

To produce chronic infection, microbial pathogens must escape host immune defenses.
Infection with the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is typically chronic …

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) genotyping of isolates of the pathogenic
fungus Cryptococcus neoformans suggested a considerable genetic divergence between …

SUMMARY DNA fingerprinting methods have evolved as major tools in fungal
epidemiology. However, no single method has emerged as the method of choice, and some …

The fungal pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Histoplasma capsulatum produce
melanin-like pigments in the presence of l-dopa in vitro and during mammalian infection. We …

Few fungi are pathogenic to humans. Of these, Cryptococcus neoformans has emerged as
an important cause of mortality in immunocompromised patients, especially those with AIDS …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic fungus responsible for severe opportunistic
infections. The most prominent feature of this yeast is its elaborate polysaccharide capsule …

The pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans exhibits morphological changes in cell
size during lung infection, producing both typical size 5 to 7 μm cells and large titan cells (> …