Cryptococcosis is an infectious disease with worldwide distribution and wide array of clinical
presentations caused by pathogenic encapsulated yeasts in the genus Cryptococcus …

Cryptococcosis is an infection of global significance, affecting both immunocompromised
and immunocompetent hosts. Traditionally, 2 main species of yeasts caused cryptococcosis …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus and an opportunistic
pathogen that causes fatal cryptococcal meningitis. Advances in genomics, genetics, and …

The zebrafish has become a widely accepted model host for studies of infectious disease,
including fungal infections. The species is genetically tractable, and the larvae are …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a dimorphic fungus that causes lethal meningoencephalitis
mainly in immunocompromised individuals. Different morphotypes enable this …

Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis is a fungal infection that predominantly affects
immunocompromised patients and is uniformly fatal if left untreated. Timely diagnosis is …

Highlights•As minimally invasive techniques are increasingly utilized given improving
sampling methods and low complication rates, cytopathology plays an increasingly vital role …

Objectives Histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis are important public health problems in
people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Central America. Conventional laboratory assays, based …

Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is mostly seen in immunocompromised patients, particularly
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, but CM may also occur in apparently …

Dissemination from one organ system to another is common to many pathogens and often
the key process separating simple illness from fatal infection. The pathogenic Cryptococcus …