Immunologic diagnosis of endemic mycoses

R Almeida-Paes, AR Bernardes-Engemann… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The endemic mycoses blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis,
paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis, talaromycosis, adiaspiromycosis …

Clinical manifestations of human exposure to fungi

M Oliveira, D Oliveira, C Lisboa, JL Boechat… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biological particles, along with inorganic gaseous and particulate pollutants, constitute an
ever-present component of the atmosphere and surfaces. Among these particles are fungal …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary aspergillosis and cryptococcosis as a complication of COVID-19

EC Traver, MM Sánchez - Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Invasive fungal infections may complicate infection by SARS-CoV-2 and increase morbidity
and mortality. A 59-year-old man with multiple medical comorbidities was transferred to our …

Emerging animal-associated fungal diseases

JE Carpouron, S de Hoog, E Gentekaki, KD Hyde - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections (GAFFI) estimates that fungal diseases kill
around 150 people each hour, and yet they are globally overlooked and neglected …

Metagenomic investigation of ticks from Kenyan wildlife reveals diverse microbial pathogens and new country pathogen records

K Ergunay, M Mutinda, B Bourke, SA Justi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Focusing on the utility of ticks as xenosurveillance sentinels to expose circulating pathogens
in Kenyan drylands, host-feeding ticks collected from wild ungulates [buffaloes, elephants …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine protection by Cryptococcus neoformans Δsgl1 is mediated by γδ T cells via TLR2 signaling

TG Normile, TH Chu, BS Sheridan, M Del Poeta - Mucosal immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
We previously reported that administration of Cryptococcus neoformans Δsgl1 mutant
vaccine, accumulating sterylglucosides (SGs) and having normal capsule (GXM), protects …

[HTML][HTML] Three models of vaccination strategies against cryptococcosis in immunocompromised hosts using heat-killed Cryptococcus neoformans Δsgl1

TG Normile, M Del Poeta - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vaccines are one of the greatest medical accomplishments to date, yet no fungal vaccines
are currently available in humans mainly because opportunistic mycoses generally occur …

Analyses of the Global Multilocus Genotypes of the Human Pathogenic Yeast Cryptococcus neoformans Species Complex

M Hitchcock, J Xu - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus neoformans species complex (CNSC) is a globally distributed human
opportunistic yeast pathogen consisting of five major molecular types (VNI, VNII, VNB, VNIII …

Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis Caused by Cryptococcus gatti in an Elderly Patient

W Belda Jr, ATS Casolato, JB Luppi… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
According to the spread of Cryptococcus sp., fungal infections can be classified as primary
or secondary. In primary cutaneous cryptococcosis, the fungi are restricted to the skin of the …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive immunology of Cryptococcus neoformans infections—an update

J Chen, J Shao, M Dai, W Fang, Y Yang - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The fungal genus Cryptococcus comprises a group of pathogens with considerable
phenotypic and genotypic diversity that can lead to cryptococcosis in both healthy and …