any fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which cause disease in animals and humans
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Cryptococcus neoformans causes often-fatal fungal meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals.
Gillian O Bruni, Blake Battle, Ben Kelly, Zhengguang Zhang, Ping Wang 2017, 'Comparative proteomic analysis of Gib2 validating its adaptor function in Cryptococcusneoformans.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5501510?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated and identified using standard biochemical assays in ten samples.
Mariceli Araujo Ribeiro, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj 2008, 'Molecular characterization of environmental Cryptococcus neoformans isolated in Vitoria,ES, Brazil Caracterização molecular de cepas ambientais de Cryptococcus neoformansisoladas em Vitória, ES, Brasil', Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652008000600001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cryptococcus fagisuga appeared mostly in high age class stands.
Piotr Rojek 2012, 'Occurrence of disease symptoms and selected biotic factors connected with beech (Fagussylvatica L.) dieback phenomenon in stands of The Magurski National Park', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1945. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Computed tomography-guided biopsy of the lesion revealed mucicarminophilic budding forms of cryptococcus.
Thangakunam B, Christopher D, Kurian S, Thomas R, James P 2008, 'Endogenous excess cortisol production and diabetes mellitus as predisposing factorsfor pulmonary cryptococcosis: A case report and literature review', Lung Indiahttp://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2008;volume=25;issue=4;spage=155;epage=157;aulast=Thangakunam. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cryptococcus neoformans showed strong positivity in tissue sections and culture smears.
Challa Sundaram, G Uppin Shantveer, Pamidi Umabala, Vemu Lakshmi 2014, 'Diagnostic utility of melanin production by fungi: Study on tissue sections and culturesmears with Masson-Fontana stain', Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiologyhttp://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2014;volume=57;issue=2;spage=217;epage=222;aulast=Sundaram. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cryptococcus neoformans infects the respiratory tract and disseminates throughout the central nervous system.
Shengjie Xu, Mari L. Shinohara, Mari L. Shinohara 2017, 'Tissue-Resident Macrophages in Fungal Infections', Frontiers in Immunologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01798/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cryptococcus were found in the cerebrospinal fluid.
N. O. Skorohodova, E. N. Raznatovskaya , R. N. Yasinskiy 2013, 'Differential diagnosis of lung`s lesions in HIV-infected patients', Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnalhttp://zmj.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/16834/14520. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cryptococcus gattii causes meningoencephalitis in immunocompetent hosts, occurring endemically in some tropical and subtropical regions.
Vitor Laerte Pinto Junior, Marcos Vinicius da Silva Pone, Sheila Moura Pone, JoãoMaurício Scarpellini Campos, José Roberto Pereira Garrido, Ana Cláudia Mamede Wieringde Barros, Luciana Trilles, Gláucia Gonçalves Barbosa, Bernardina Penarrieta Morales,Cláudia de Carvalho Falci Bezerra, Márcia dos Santos Lazéra 2010, 'Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGII as agent of meningitis in a healthy childin Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: report of an autochthonous case Cryptococcus gattii tipomolecular VGII como agente causador de meningoencefalite em criança saudável no Riode Janeiro, Brasil: relato de um caso autóctone', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822010000600032. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cryptococcus neoformans survives host temperature and regulates cell wall integrity via a calcium-dependent phosphatase, calcineurin.
Sophie Lev, Desmarini Desmarini, Methee Chayakulkeeree, Tania C Sorrell, JulianneT Djordjevic 2012, 'The Crz1/Sp1 transcription factor of Cryptococcus neoformans is activated by calcineurinand regulates cell wall integrity.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3520850?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cryptococcus gattii traditionally infects immunocompetent hosts and causes devastating pulmonary or central nervous system disease.
Kaylee T. Bruner, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Gregory M. Steele,Daniel B. Chastain 2018, 'Cryptococcus gattii Complex Infections in HIV-Infected Patients, Southeastern UnitedStates', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/18-0787_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)