Cancer is a serious debilitating disease and one of the most common causes of death. In
recent decades the high risk of various cancers enforced scientists to discover novel …

Cryptococcus remains one of the leading causes of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS)-related deaths, and is among the most common fungal pathogens worldwide. 1 …

Cryptococcosis is a global fungal infection caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans/
Cryptococcus gattii yeast complex. This infection is acquired by inhalation of propagules …

Cryptococcal meningitis is a serious infection of the central nervous system that is
predominant in developing countries, caused by fungi of the genus Cryptococcus, and which …

Cryptococcosis is an infectious disease of worldwide distribution, caused by encapsulated
yeasts belonging to the phylum Basidiomycota. The genus Cryptococcus includes several …

Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are responsible for a large number of annual deaths. Most
cases are closely related to patients in a state of immunosuppression, as is the case of …

Background Papiliotrema laurentii is one of several non-neoformans cryptococci that have
rarely been associated with human infection, since it was previously considered saprophyte …

In the last few years, Cryptococcus laurentii infections have increased, particularly in
immunocompromised patients. Here we report the first case of C. laurentii fungemia in low …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is responsible for tuberculosis (TB) and Cryptococcus
sp. responsible for cryptococcosis, are pathogenic microorganisms that especially affect …

Introduction: Fungi of the genus Cryptococcus are cosmopolitan and may be agents of
opportunistic mycoses in immunocompromised and sometimes immunocompetent …