The status of cryptococcosis in Latin America

C Firacative, J Lizarazo, MT Illnait-Zaragozí… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal infection caused by the encapsulated yeasts
Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, acquired from the environment. In Latin America, as …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus neoformans strains isolated from church towers in Rio de Janeiro City, RJ, Brazil

FA Baroni, CR Paula, ÉG Silva, FC Viani… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2006 - SciELO Brasil
Cryptococcosis has been a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with Aids.
Many reservoirs of the agent Cryptococcus neoformans have been reported, but the ecology …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from urban environmental sources in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil

CCBA Kobayashi, LKH Souza… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes
meningoencephalitis as the most frequent clinical presentation in immunocompromised …

Cryptococcosis in Colombia: compilation and analysis of data from laboratory-based surveillance

P Escandón, J Lizarazo, CI Agudelo, E Castañeda - Journal of Fungi, 2018 - mdpi.com
The passive and voluntary surveillance of cryptococcosis in Colombia since 1997 has seen
an increasing participating rate, revealing its importance to both in immunosuppressed and …

Cryptococcosis: a review of the Brazilian experience for the disease

MCSM Pappalardo, MSC Melhem - Revista do Instituto de Medicina …, 2003 - SciELO Brasil
Cryptococcosis is a systemic mycosis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. The disease
occurs in patients with cellular immunodeficiency. The incidence of cryptococcosis arises …

Epidemiological profile of cryptococcal meningitis patients in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

AL Leal, J Faganello, AM Fuentefria, JT Boldo… - Mycopathologia, 2008 - Springer
Cryptococcosis is a major opportunistic mycosis which has meningitis as its most frequent
clinical presentation and can be fatal in the absence of antifungal therapy. The aetiological …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of cryptococcosis and the characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated in a Brazilian University Hospital

PADF Aguiar, RS Pedroso, AS Borges… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Cryptococcosis, a systemic disease caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans/
Cryptococcus gattii is more severe in immunocompromised individuals. This study aimed to …

Retrospective Study of the Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Cryptococcus gattii Infections in Colombia from 1997–2011

J Lizarazo, P Escandón, CI Agudelo… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii is endemic in various parts of the
world, affecting mostly immunocompetent patients. A national surveillance study of …

Environmental Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGII from Indoor Dust from Typical Wooden Houses in the Deep Amazonas of the Rio Negro Basin

F Brito-Santos, GG Barbosa, L Trilles, MM Nishikawa… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Cryptococcosis is a human fungal infection of significant mortality and morbidity, especially
in the meningoencephalitis form. Cryptococcosis is distributed worldwide and its agents, C …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcosis in Colombia: Results of the national surveillance program for the years 2006-2010

P Escandón, C de Bedout, J Lizarazo, CI Agudelo… - Biomédica, 2012 - scielo.org.co
Abstract ESCANDON, Patricia and GRUPO COLOMBIANO PARA EL ESTUDIO DE LA
CRIPTOCOCOSIS et al. Cryptococcosis in Colombia: Results of the national surveillance …