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 infectious disease caused by pathogenic encapsulated yeasts in the
genus Cryptococcus. Currently, two species of these fungi commonly cause disease in …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are closely related pathogenic fungi that
cause pneumonia and meningitis in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent …

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

Genealogy can illuminate the evolutionary path of important human pathogens. In some
microbes, strict clonal reproduction predominates, as with the worldwide dissemination of …

Cryptococcus neoformans strains classically have been grouped into two varieties that
included five serotypes known as C. neoformans variety neoformans (serotypes A, D, and …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a human-pathogenic fungus that has evolved into three distinct
varieties that infect most prominently the central nervous system. A sexual cycle involving …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a globally distributed human fungal pathogen that causes life-
threatening meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients. It has a defined sexual …

The importance of the Basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans to human health has
stimulated its development as an experimental model for both basic physiology and …

Light inhibits mating and haploid fruiting of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus
neoformans, but the mechanisms involved were unknown. Two genes controlling light …