隐球菌（Cryptococcus neoformans）是一种广泛存在于环境中的真菌，它就像一个隐藏在暗处的 “健康刺客”，悄无声息地威胁着人类的健康。在世界卫生组织的真菌病原体优先名单上，隐球菌占据着重要位置，这主要是因为它是艾滋病患者的第二大死因。作为一种环境真菌，隐球菌需要从外部环境 ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is the leading cause of death by fungal meningoencephalitis. Here, the authors study the roles played by 129 putative kinases in the growth and virulence of C. neoformans ...

Cryptococcus is a fungus found in the environment throughout the world that is able to cause disease in humans. While most fungal pathogens don’t receive as much press as their bacterial or ...

Cryptococcus neoformans causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis in humans, but its overall biological and pathogenic regulatory circuits remain elusive, particularly due to the presence of an ...

A newly discovered strain of airborne fungus Cryptococcus gattii has caused several deaths in Oregon and seems poised to move into California and adjacent areas. The fungus has researchers worried ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is a type of fungus that can cause serious infections in humans and many animal species. It's commonly found in the environment, especially in soil contaminated with bird ...

Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection caused by numerous species, two of which cause the majority of cryptococcal infections in humans and animals: Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, ...

“When Cryptococcus neoformans gets to your nervous system, it causes life-threatening meningitis,” said Dr Hue Dinh, the study’s lead author and a postdoctoral research fellow in Macquarie ...

The first U.S. Cryptococcus gattii cases were identified in 2005. It wasn't until the new study, though, that genetic analysis revealed that the fungus is a new strain that had originated in Oregon.

Highly dangerous Cryptococcus fungi love sugar and will consume it anywhere because it helps them reproduce. To borrow inositol from a person's brain, the fungi have an expanded set of genes that ...

In the weeks before her death she had contracted a Cryptococcus infection. Pigeon excrement at a plant room on the 12th floor in the hospital was at first thought to be the "likely source".