[HTML][HTML] 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 and Cryptococcus gattii Species Complexes in Latin America: A Map of Molecular Types, Genotypic Diversity, and Antifungal …

C Firacative, W Meyer, E Castañeda - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcosis, a potentially fatal mycosis, is caused by members of the Cryptococcus
neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes. In Latin America, cryptococcal …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality by cryptococcosis in Brazil from 2000 to 2012: A descriptive epidemiological study

E Alves Soares, MDS Lazera, B Wanke… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Cryptococcosis is a neglected and predominantly opportunistic mycosis that, in
Brazil, poses an important public health problem, due to its late diagnosis and high lethality …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiological, epidemiological, and clinical characteristics of patients with cryptococcal meningitis at a tertiary hospital in China: a 6-year retrospective …

Y Li, M Zou, J Yin, Z Liu, B Lu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cryptococcal meningitis, mainly caused by Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii species
complexes, is a lethal infection in both immunosuppressive and immunocompetent …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in Cryptococcus genomics: insights into the evolution of pathogenesis

CA Cuomo, J Rhodes, CA Desjardins - Memórias do Instituto …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Cryptococcus species are the causative agents of cryptococcal meningitis, a significant
source of mortality in immunocompromised individuals. Initial work on the molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus: History, Epidemiology and Immune Evasion

I Diniz-Lima, LM Fonseca, EB Silva-Junior… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcosis is a disease caused by the pathogenic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and
Cryptococcus gattii, both environmental fungi that cause severe pneumonia and may even …

Genotypes and population genetics of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes in Europe and the Mediterranean area

M Cogliati, M Desnos-Ollivier… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A total of 476 European isolates (310 Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii, 150 C.
neoformans var. neoformans, and 16 C. gattii species complex) from both clinical and …

[HTML][HTML] Global Analyses of Multi-Locus Sequence Typing Data Reveal Geographic Differentiation, Hybridization, and Recombination in the Cryptococcus gattii …

M Hitchcock, J Xu - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus gattii species complex (CGSC) is a basidiomycete haploid yeast and globally
distributed mammalian pathogen. CGSC is comprised of six distinct lineages (VGI, VGII …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus genetic diversity and mixed infections in Ivorian HIV patients: A follow up study

FK Kassi, P Drakulovski, V Bellet, F Roger… - PLoS Neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Genetic diversity analyses were performed by sero-genotyping and multi-locus sequence
typing on 252 cryptococcal isolates from 13 HIV-positive Ivorian patients followed-up for …