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 …

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 …

The case for adopting the “species complex” nomenclature for the etiologic agents of cryptococcosis

KJ Kwon-Chung, JE Bennett, BL Wickes, W Meyer… - MSphere, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcosis is a potentially lethal disease of humans/animals caused by Cryptococcus
neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. Distinction between the two species is based on …

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 …

Molecular typing and in vitro resistance of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates obtained in Germany between 2011 and 2017

R Selb, V Fuchs, B Graf, A Hamprecht… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection of the central nervous system predominantly caused by
Cryptococcus neoformans in immunocompromised patients. In several countries worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii from environmental sources and genetic comparison with clinical isolates in …

MT Montagna, A De Donno, G Caggiano, F Serio… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans
and C. gattii species complex molecular types, mating types and sequence types in Apulia, a …

Cryptococcosis in Colombia: compilation and analysis of data from laboratory-based surveillance

P Escandón, J Lizarazo, CI Agudelo, E Castañeda - Journal of Fungi, 2018 - mdpi.com
The passive and voluntary surveillance of cryptococcosis in Colombia since 1997 has seen
an increasing participating rate, revealing its importance to both in immunosuppressed and …

N-Acetylglucosamine Metabolism Promotes Survival of Candida albicans in the Phagosome

EM Vesely, RB Williams, JB Konopka, MC Lorenz - Msphere, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phagocytosis by innate immune cells is one of the most effective barriers against the
multiplication and dissemination of microbes within the mammalian host. Candida albicans …

Cryptococcus neoformans Recovered From Olive Trees (Olea europaea) in Turkey Reveal Allopatry With African and South American Lineages

Ç Ergin, M Şengül, L Aksoy, A Döğen, S Sun… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cryptococcus species are life-threatening human fungal pathogens that cause cryptococcal
meningoencephalitis in both immunocompromised and healthy hosts. The natural …

Genetic Factors and Genotype-Environment Interactions Contribute to Variation in Melanin Production in the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

H Samarasinghe, D Aceituno-Caicedo, M Cogliati… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic fungal infection that often disseminates into the
central nervous system, leading to meningitis. Production of melanin pigments during …