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Cryptococcosis by Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii Species Complexes in non-HIV-Infected Patients in Southeastern Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The clinical manifestations of cryptococcosis are usually associated with the infecting agents Cryptococcus neoformans (CN) and C. gattii (CG) species complexes and the host. In this study, non-HIV-infected patients, at a university hospital in southeastern Brazil, had epidemiolo...

Frequency and geographical distribution of genotypes and mating types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes in Argentina

Rev. argent. microbiol; 52 (3), 2020
Abstract The aim of this work was to know the frequency and geographical distribution of genotypes and mating types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes isolated from human infections in Argentina during the period from April 2009 to April 2011. A multicenter study was con...

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of cryptococcosis at an university hospital in China from 2013 to 2017

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: This study aims to explore the epidemiology, clinical profile and strain characteristics of cryptococcosis from 2013 to 2017 in a major teaching hospital in China. Methods: Trends in antifungal drug susceptibility of 217 consecutive non-repetitive cryptococcal isolates collected fr...

Prevalence of cryptococcosis in Atlántico, department of Colombia assessed with an active epidemiological search

Abstract INTRODUCTION Cryptococcosis is the second most frequent cause of opportunistic infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in Colombia. We aimed to determine the prevalence of cryptococcosis in the Colombian department of Atlántico. METHODS An active search for cryptococcosis ...

Boletim epidemiológico: perfil de pacientes com micoses sistêmicas notificados de 2013 a 2018 em hospital de referência do estado de Goiás
Epidemiological bulletin: profile of patients with systemic mycoses notified from 2013 to 2018 in a reference hospital in the state of Goiás

Micoses Sistêmicas são infecções fúngicas causadas por patógenos primários cujo trato respiratório é utilizado como porta de entrada, mas ocasionalmente se disseminam para todo o organismo. As micoses sistêmicas consideradas endêmicas no Brasil são: paracoccidioidomicose, histoplasmose, cocci...

Criptococose: uma micose em expansäo
Cryptococcosis: the mycosis in expansion

J. bras. med; 65 (2), 1993
Os autores fazem consideraçoes clínico-epidemiológicas sobre 19 pacientes com criptococose observados de 1989 a 1992. Enfatizam o aumento da incidência da micose, a predominância de formas encefalíticas, a importância da pesquisa direta do fungo em liquor, as dificuldades terapêuticas e a alta le...

Cryptococcus neofarmans varieties as agents of cryptococcosis in Brazil

Arq. bras. med; 66 (3), 1992
The study of the clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neofarmans from 83 brazilian patients with disseminated cryptococcosis showed that 75 were C. neoformans var. neoformans and eight were var. gattii. Twenty-seven isolates were serotyped; all 19 var. neoforms were serotype A and all eight var. gattii were...

A criptococose no Estado do Rio de Janeiro: apresentaçäo de 10 casos e revisäo da Literatura fluminense
Cryptococcosis in the State of Rio de Janeiro: report of 10 cases and review of the literature

Arq. bras. med; 62 (6), 1988
Apresenta-se uma revisäo da literatura fluminense sobre criptococose e säo relatados 10 novos casos observados no período de outubro de 1984 a janeiro de 1985. Säo comentados o crescente aumento da incidência da micose no Rio de Janeiro, alguns aspectos epidemiológicos e a variedade de apresentaçÃ...