Diagnostic performance of the IMMY cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay on serum and cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of cryptococcosis in HIV-negative patients …

C Macrae, J Ellis, SH Keddie, J Falconer… - BMC infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background The incidence of cryptococcosis amongst HIV-negative persons is increasing.
Whilst the excellent performance of the CrAg testing in people living with HIV is well …

Clinical predictors impacting cryptococcal dissemination and poor outcome in patients with cirrhosis

JH Cheng, CW Yip, YK Jiang, LH Zhou… - Open Forum …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Cirrhosis is an end-stage liver disease and is reported as an independent risk
factor for cryptococcosis. Information about cryptococcosis in patients with cirrhosis remains …

Evaluation of a Cryptococcus capsular polysaccharide detection FungiXpert LFA (lateral flow assay) for the rapid diagnosis of Cryptococcosis

Y Liu, M Kang, SY Wu, LJ Wu, L He, YL Xiao… - Medical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcus is an opportunistic pathogenic fungus and is the major cause of fungal
meningitis. The cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay (LFA) is an …

Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis: Risk factors associated to death in a hospital in Northeastern Brazil

LS Damasceno, RC Cézar, MC da Silva Canuto… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic systemic mycosis caused by pathogenic
encapsulated yeasts of the genus Cryptococcus. The objective of the present study was to …

[PDF][PDF] Clinical predictors impacting cryptococcal dissemination and poor outcome in cirrhotic patients

JH Cheng, CW Yip, YK Jiang, LH Zhou, CX Que, Y Luo… - 2021 - scholar.archive.org
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[HTML][HTML] Disseminated Cryptococcus in an immunocompetent patient due to prison yard pigeon exposure

M Barvo, N James, M Ayyaz - IDCases, 2021 - Elsevier
Opportunistic infection by Cryptococcus is one of the most common occurrences in patients
with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease or Acquired Immunodeficiency …