Cryptococcal meningitis is mainly caused by members of the C. neoformans/C. gattii species
complexes. The ecological niches of Cryptococcus species have extensively been studied …

Cryptococcosis by Cryptococcus gattii occurs mainly in immunocompetent hosts, however,
during the last decades, a growing number of cases in immunocompromised individuals …

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to describe cryptococcal meningitis (CM) cases and the
associated demographic, clinical, and microbiological data obtained from cities in the State …

Cryptococcosis is one of the major life-threatening opportunistic/systemic fungal diseases of
worldwide occurrence, which can be asymptomatic or establish pneumonia and …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are important agents of
meningoencephalitis in humans in the city of Belém. This clinical data suggests that the …

Cryptococcus gattii causes meningoencephalitis in immunocompetent hosts, occurring
endemically in some tropical and subtropical regions. Recently, this fungus was involved in …

This chapter focuses on the environmental habitats of the dominant human‐pathogenic
species, Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, and their varieties and …

We molecularly characterized 81 cryptococcal isolates recovered from cerebrospinal fluid
samples of 77 patients diagnosed between 1998 and 2007 as having cryptococcal …

INTRODUCTION: The clinical manifestations of cryptococcosis are usually associated with
the infecting agents Cryptococcus neoformans (CN) and C. gattii (CG) species complexes …

Cryptococcosis, a systemic disease caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans/
Cryptococcus gattii is more severe in immunocompromised individuals. This study aimed to …