CRYPTOCOCCOSIS, also known as torulosis and European blastomycosis, is a subacute or chronic mycotic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans (Torula histolytica, Cryptococcus hominis). Cryptococci ...

Skin culture grew yeast identified as Cryptococcus neoformans (Figure 3a,b). A lumbar puncture was performed that was negative for cryptococcal antigen, India ink stain, or fungal growth. The patient ...

Cryptococcus is a yeast, which is a kind of fungus. This yeast infects those with poor immunity, like people with HIV. Cryptococcus has a liking for the nervous system, and it often causes meningitis ...

A previously healthy 30-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of dyspnea, dry cough and skin lesions. The patient has sex with men. He immigrated from Thailand to ...

Meningitis is an infection affecting the membranes that line the skull and spinal cord. Cryptococcal meningitis is a type of meningitis caused by a fungus called Cryptococcus. This type of meningitis ...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be lifesaving for some of the deadliest hematologic diseases. However, immunosuppression, polypharmacy and risk of infectious complications ...

Cryptococcosis is a condition that is caused by infection with a fungus from the Cryptococcus family. There are over 30 types of this fungus but there are two main species that are responsible for ...

The cryptococci used in the experiment came from a patient who had died of the disease at the Philadelphia General Hospital in 1951. 6 (This stock culture was obtained through the courtesy of Dr.