Systemic mycoses: a potential alert for complications in COVID-19 patients

G Segrelles-Calvo, GR de S Araujo… - Future Microbiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
As the global COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide, new challenges arise in the clinical
landscape. The need for reliable diagnostic methods, treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 …

Central nervous system cryptococcal infections in non-HIV infected patients

J Beardsley, TC Sorrell, SCA Chen - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Central nervous system (CNS) cryptococcosis in non-HIV infected patients affects solid
organ transplant (SOT) recipients, patients with malignancy, rheumatic disorders, other …

Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii around the Mediterranean basin

M Cogliati, R D'Amicis, A Zani, MT Montagna… - FEMS yeast …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In order to elucidate the distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii in the
Mediterranean basin, an extensive environmental survey was carried out during 2012 …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine protection by Cryptococcus neoformans Δsgl1 is mediated by γδ T cells via TLR2 signaling

TG Normile, TH Chu, BS Sheridan, M Del Poeta - Mucosal immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
We previously reported that administration of Cryptococcus neoformans Δsgl1 mutant
vaccine, accumulating sterylglucosides (SGs) and having normal capsule (GXM), protects …

Hybridization and emergence of virulence in opportunistic human yeast pathogens

V Mixão, T Gabaldón - Yeast, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization between different species can result in the emergence of new lineages and
adaptive phenotypes. Occasionally, hybridization in fungal organisms can drive the …

Three Models of Vaccination Strategies Against Cryptococcosis in Immunocompromised Hosts Using Heat-Killed Cryptococcus neoformans Δsgl1

TG Normile, M Del Poeta - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vaccines are one of the greatest medical accomplishments to date, yet no fungal vaccines
are currently available in humans mainly because opportunistic mycoses generally occur …

Treatment of cryptococcosis in non-HIV immunocompromised patients

AF Henao-Martínez, DB Chastain… - Current Opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Cryptococcus spp. conveys a high disease burden among immunocompromised hosts.
Clinicians must consider numerous variables and factors in a dynamic way to offer the best …

Severe dermatophytosis in solid organ transplant recipients: a French retrospective series and literature review

C Rouzaud, O Chosidow, A Brocard… - Transplant Infectious …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Severe dermatophytosis is described in immunocompromised patients with
defective cellular immunity. We report here a large series and a literature review of severe …

Cryptococcosis today: it is not all about HIV infection

JA O'Halloran, WG Powderly, A Spec - Current Clinical Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review Cryptococcal disease is most often thought of in the context
of HIV infection. Much of our knowledge of the disease originates from its management in …

Cryptococcus neoformans infection in malignancy

SA Schmalzle, UK Buchwald, BL Gilliam, DJ Riedel - Mycoses, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic invasive fungal infection that is well described and easily
recognised when it occurs as meningitis in HIV‐infected persons. Malignancy and its …