Phylogenetic analysis of 11 genetic loci and results from many genotyping studies revealed
significant genetic diversity with the pathogenic Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus …

Understanding of the taxonomy and phylogeny of Cryptococcus gattii has been advanced by
modern molecular techniques. C. gattii probably diverged from Cryptococcus neoformans …

Few among the millions of fungal species fulfill four basic conditions necessary to infect
humans: high temperature tolerance, ability to invade the human host, lysis and absorption …

Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease affecting more than one million people per year
worldwide. The main etiological agents of cryptococcosis are the two sibling species …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast that causes serious
infections, most commonly of the central nervous system (CNS). C. neoformans is mainly …

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 …

Over the past two decades, several fungal outbreaks have occurred, including the high-
profile 'Vancouver Island'and 'Pacific Northwest'outbreaks, caused by Cryptococcus gattii …

Among diseases of horses caused by fungi (= mycoses), dermatophytosis, cryptococcosis
and aspergillosis are of particular concern, due their worldwide diffusion and, for some of …

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 …