[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 …

Pulmonary cryptococcosis: a review of pathobiology and clinical aspects

F Setianingrum, R Rautemaa-Richardson… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic invasive mycosis in
immunocompromised patients, but it is also increasingly seen in immunocompetent patients …

Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex: an international study of wild-type susceptibility endpoint distributions and epidemiological cutoff …

A Espinel-Ingroff, AI Aller, E Canton… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs) for the Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii
species complex versus fluconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole are not …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of Cryptococcus and cryptococcosis in China

W Fang, Z Fa, W Liao - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Cryptococcosis is a significant invasive fungal infection with noteworthy morbidity and
mortality, primarily caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. In China …

Importance of Resolving Fungal Nomenclature: the Case of Multiple Pathogenic Species in the Cryptococcus Genus

F Hagen, HT Lumbsch, V Arsic Arsenijevic, H Badali… - Msphere, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcosis is a major fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus gattii and
Cryptococcus neoformans species complexes. After more than 15 years of molecular …

Isavuconazole: a new option for the management of invasive fungal infections

NN Pettit, PL Carver - Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To review the pharmacology, chemistry, in vitro susceptibility, pharmacokinetics,
clinical efficacy, safety, tolerability, dosage, and administration of isavuconazole, a triazole …

Geographically Structured Populations of Cryptococcus neoformans Variety grubii in Asia Correlate with HIV Status and Show a Clonal Population Structure

K Khayhan, F Hagen, W Pan, S Simwami, MC Fisher… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Cryptococcosis is an important fungal disease in Asia with an estimated 140,000 new
infections annually the majority of which occurs in patients suffering from HIV/AIDS …

Short tandem repeat genotyping of medically important fungi: a comprehensive review of a powerful tool with extensive future potential

B Spruijtenburg, JF Meis, PE Verweij, T de Groot… - Mycopathologia, 2024 - Springer
Fungal infections pose an increasing threat to public health. New pathogens and changing
epidemiology are a pronounced risk for nosocomial outbreaks. To investigate clonal …

Molecular Markers Reveal Epidemiological Patterns and Evolutionary Histories of the Human Pathogenic Cryptococcus

N Hong, M Chen, J Xu - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The human pathogenic Cryptococcus species are the main agents of fungal meningitis in
humans and the causes of other diseases collectively called cryptococcosis. There are at …

Inhibition of bacterial and fungal pathogens by the orphaned drug auranofin

BB Fuchs, R RajaMuthiah, ACR Souza… - Future medicinal …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: We identified auranofin as an antimicrobial compound utilizing a high-
throughput screen using a Caenorhabditis elegans–Staphylococcus aureus infection model …