[HTML][HTML] Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

F Hagen, K Khayhan, B Theelen, A Kolecka… - Fungal genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic analysis of 11 genetic loci and results from many genotyping studies revealed
significant genetic diversity with the pathogenic Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus …

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 …

Deciphering the Model Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus Neoformans

A Idnurm, YS Bahn, K Nielsen, X Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2005 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is a basidiomycete fungal pathogen of humans that has diverged
considerably from other model fungi such as Neurospora crassa, Aspergillus nidulans …

Cryptococcal pathogenic mechanisms: a dangerous trip from the environment to the brain

SK Esher, O Zaragoza, JA Alspaugh - Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast that causes serious
infections, most commonly of the central nervous system (CNS). C. neoformans is mainly …

[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 …

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 …

Cryptococcosis in domestic animals in Western Australia: a retrospective study from 1995–2006

S McGill, R Malik, N Saul, S Beetson… - Medical …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
A retrospective study of cryptococcosis in domestic animals residing in Western Australia
was conducted over an 11-year-period (from 1995 to 2006) by searching the data base of …

Cryptococcosis: update and emergence of Cryptococcus gattii

SJ Lester, R Malik, KH Bartlett… - Veterinary Clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease that occurs throughout the world. Recent reclassification
of Cryptococcus species along with a change in the distribution pattern has prompted …

Clinical features and epidemiology of cryptococcosis in cats and dogs in California: 93 cases (1988–2010)

SR Trivedi, JE Sykes, MS Cannon… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Am Vet Med Assoc
Objective—To compare clinical features of cryptococcosis among cats and dogs in
California, determine whether the distribution of involved tissues differs from distribution …

The emergence of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest

KH Bartlett, SE Kidd, JW Kronstad - Current infectious disease reports, 2008 - Springer
An unprecedented emergence of cryptococcal infections in animals and otherwise healthy
humans was recognized in 1999 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia …