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Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeastlike fungus that can live in both plants and animals. This species, also known by its teleomorph name, Filobasidiella neoformans, belongs to the broad class of organisms called "club fungi" or Division Basidiomycota, which is one the five major types of fungi. C. neoformans usually grows as a yeast (unicellular) and replicates by budding. Under certain conditions, both in nature and in the laboratory, C. neoformans can grow as a filamentous fungus as pictured here: picture of the organism . When grown as a yeast, C. more...

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Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in a lung transplant recipient.(Case Report) : An article from: Southern Medical Journal $5.95 Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine : Cryptococcosis $5.50
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Serological diagnosis of cryptococcal infection

Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcosis is an infection caused by inhaling the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. It is one of the diseases most often affecting AIDS patients.
Pulmonary cryptococcosis in normal hosts: treat or observe?
Although it is accepted that the lung is the portal of entry for disseminated cryptococcosis, it remains unclear if disseminated disease results from ...
Pulmonary cryptococcosis in nonimmunocompromised patients
Background: Cryptococcus neoformans can cause serious systemic infections requiring systemic antifungal therapy in immunocompromised hosts. However, ...
Pulmonary cryptococcosis after initiation of anti-tumor necrosis factor- [alpha] therapy - selected reports
Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis are being treated with immunosuppressive regimens that include an agent directed at blocking tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-[alpha]. Although reportedly safe, t
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS: A REVIEW OF THE BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE FOR THE DISEASE
SUMMARY Cryptococcosis is a systemic mycosis caused by Cryptococcus neofonnans. The disease occurs in patients with cellular immunodeficiency. The incidence ...
Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis due to cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii serotype B, in an immunocompetent patient
SUMMARY The authors report a male patient, a seller with no detected immunosuppression, with an extensive ulcerated skin lesion localized on the left ...
Acute Respiratory Failure Associated With Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in Non-AIDS Patients - )
Purpose: To determine the incidence of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in non-AIDS patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Design: Retrospective ...
Pulmonary Cryptococcosis In Immunocompromised Hosts - PC - ICH - Abstract
Philip W Wong, MD(*); M Zakowski, MD and D A White, MD. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. PURPOSE: Cryptococcal infection can cause morbidity and mortality in ICH. Amphoterici

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