Cryptococcus gattii infections

SCA Chen, W Meyer, TC Sorrell - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Understanding of the taxonomy and phylogeny of Cryptococcus gattii has been advanced by
modern molecular techniques. C. gattii probably diverged from Cryptococcus neoformans …

Hybrids and hybridization in the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes

H Samarasinghe, J Xu - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
The basidiomycetous yeasts of the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii
species complexes (CNSC and CGSC respectively) are the causative agents of …

Cryptococcus gattii in North American Pacific Northwest: whole-population genome analysis provides insights into species evolution and dispersal

DM Engelthaler, ND Hicks, JD Gillece, CC Roe… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emergence of distinct populations of Cryptococcus gattii in the temperate North
American Pacific Northwest (PNW) was surprising, as this species was previously thought to …

Three phylogenetic groups have driven the recent population expansion of Cryptococcus neoformans

PM Ashton, LT Thanh, PH Trieu, D Van Anh… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans var. grubii) is an environmentally acquired
pathogen causing 181,000 HIV-associated deaths each year. We sequenced 699 isolates …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus gattii VGIII isolates causing infections in HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California: identification of the local environmental source as arboreal

DJ Springer, RB Billmyre, EE Filler, K Voelz… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Ongoing Cryptococcus gattii outbreaks in the Western United States and Canada illustrate
the impact of environmental reservoirs and both clonal and recombining propagation in …

MLST-Based Population Genetic Analysis in a Global Context Reveals Clonality amongst Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii VNI Isolates from HIV Patients in …

K Ferreira-Paim, L Andrade-Silva… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Cryptococcosis is an important fungal infection in immunocompromised individuals,
especially those infected with HIV. In Brazil, despite the free availability of antiretroviral …

Population Genetic Analysis Reveals a High Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Cryptococcus gattii VGII Population and Shifts the Global Origin from the Amazon …

ACP Souto, LX Bonfietti, K Ferreira-Paim… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are responsible globally for almost one
million cryptococcosis cases yearly, mostly in immunocompromised patients, such as those …

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 …

Genotypic analysis of clinical and environmental Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from Brazil reveals the presence of VNB isolates and a correlation with biological …

LE Andrade-Silva, K Ferreira-Paim, TB Ferreira… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Cryptococcal infections are mainly caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans
species complex (molecular types VNI, VNII, VNB, VNIV and the AD hybrid VNIII). PCR of the …

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 …