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 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 ...

Identification of Pathogen Genomic Differences That Impact Human Immune Response and Disease during Cryptococcus neoformans Infection. mBio, 2019; 10 (4) DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01440-19 ...

Cryptococcus gattii is a group of exogenous, neurotropic yeasts that possess the capsular serotype B or C. Isolates of serotype C are extremely rare and, until recently, were known to infect only ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 24, No. 3 (SEPTEMBER 2010), pp. 227-236 (10 pages) To investigate the prevalence of Cryptococcus in droppings from captive birds in Chile, dry droppings ...