A global guideline for the management of cryptococcosis, a fungal infection that can have serious health consequences, has been developed. A group of international mycology experts led by Professor Dr ...
News Medical: New guideline aims to improve diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis
A group of international mycology experts led by Professor Dr Oliver A. Cornely at the University of Cologne has jointly drafted a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis, which ...
Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease that affects vital organs. It is caused by the infection-containing spores of the fungi Cryptococcus complex. This fungus is found on every continent. When the cat ...
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS, also known as torulosis and European blastomycosis, is a subacute or chronic mycotic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans (Torula histolytica, Cryptococcus hominis). Cryptococci ...
News Medical: New study examines origin of cryptococcosis within the central nervous system
A particular fungal infection is responsible for more than 220,000 cases of cryptococcosis worldwide each year in people with HIV and AIDS, with nearly 181,000 of those resulting in death. New ...
The New England Journal of Medicine: Experimental Cryptococcosis Produced by the Ingestion of Virulent Organisms
Human-to-human transmission of cryptococcosis is very rare. 1–3 An 80-year-old man (Patient A) was hospitalized because of pulmonary squamous-cell carcinoma. He received mechanical ventilation and was ...
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 ...