本研究报道了一例85岁男性系统性红斑狼疮（SLE）患者继发新型隐球菌（Cryptococcus neoformans）与鲍曼不动杆菌（Acinetobacter baumannii）共感染的罕见病例。研究人员通过微生物培养、质谱鉴定及影像学分析，证实了两种病原体共感染导致的肺炎和败血症，经18天联合抗感染治疗成功救治。

为解决隐球菌（Cryptococcus neoformans）如何适应宿主 CO?环境及相关致病机制问题，美国佐治亚大学的研究人员开展关于隐球菌在高 CO?环境下微进化的研究，发现 AVC1 功能缺失突变可增加隐球菌在 CO?环境和体内的适应性，且该突变在复发性隐球菌病患者中出现，这一发现有助于理解隐球菌致病机制 ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is the leading cause of death by fungal meningoencephalitis; however, treatment options remain limited. Here we report the construction of 264 signature-tagged gene ...

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 major new initiative to tackle deadly fungal infections has launched with £17.9 million in funding from the Wellcome Trust.

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 ...

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 ...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with strain-specific virulence differences among clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038 ...

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 ...