Cryptococcus has a liking for the nervous system, and it often causes meningitis — specifically called cryptococcal meningitis. Knowing the symptoms of cryptococcal meningitis can help you in ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Deadly human pathogen Cryptococcus fully sequenced Date: April 17, 2014 Source: Duke University Summary: A ten-year effort by an international team has sequenced the entire genome and all the RNA ...

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 primarily found in North America ...

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.

Pathogenic fungi (Candida, Aspergillus, Cryptococcus and others) are notorious killers of immune-compromised people. But for the most part, healthy people have not had to worry about them, and the ...