Expanding fungal pathogenesis: Cryptococcus breaks out of the opportunistic box

JW Kronstad, R Attarian, B Cadieux, J Choi… - Nature reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is generally considered to be an opportunistic fungal pathogen
because of its tendency to infect immunocompromised individuals, particularly those …

Cryptococcus: from environmental saprophyte to global pathogen

RC May, NRH Stone, DL Wiesner, T Bicanic… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Cryptococcosis is a globally distributed invasive fungal infection that is caused by species
within the genus Cryptococcus which presents substantial therapeutic challenges. Although …

The Intracellular Life of Cryptococcus neoformans

C Coelho, AL Bocca… - Annual Review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen with worldwide distribution. Serological
studies of human populations show a high prevalence of human infection, which rarely …

Profiling a killer, the development of Cryptococcus neoformans

L Kozubowski, J Heitman - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The ability of fungi to transition between unicellular and multicellular growth has a profound
impact on our health and the economy. Many important fungal pathogens of humans …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus gattii: an emerging fungal pathogen infecting humans and animals

EJ Byrnes III, KH Bartlett, JR Perfect, J Heitman - Microbes and infection, 2011 - Elsevier
Infectious fungi are among a broad group of microbial pathogens that has and continues to
emerge concomitantly due to the global AIDS pandemic as well as an overall increase of …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus and Phagocytes: Complex Interactions that Influence Disease Outcome

CM Leopold Wager, CR Hole, KL Wozniak… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii are fungal pathogens that cause life-threatening
disease. These fungi commonly enter their host via inhalation into the lungs where they …

What makes Cryptococcus gattii a pathogen?

E Bielska, RC May - FEMS yeast research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection of humans and other animals, typically caused
by the species Cryptococcus neoformans in patients with impaired immunity. However, there …

Virulence in Cryptococcus species

H Ma, RC May - Advances in applied microbiology, 2009 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the cause of life-threatening
meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals …

Cryptococcus gattii: a resurgent fungal pathogen

V Chaturvedi, S Chaturvedi - Trends in microbiology, 2011 - cell.com
Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans are causal agents of cryptococcosis,
which manifests as pneumonia and meningitis. C. gattii has recently received widespread …

The tools for virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

C Coelho, AL Bocca, A Casadevall - Advances in applied microbiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that causes almost half a million deaths
each year. It is believed that most humans are infected with C. neoformans, possibly in a …