Peter Redweik’s brutal infection was quelled by a medication so powerful that doctors use it sparingly. Yet he continued to ...

A discussion of the mechanisms and routes of infection of Cryptococcus neoformans, a leading cause of fatal mycosis in AIDS patients and a major cause of meningoencephalitis.

Infections like these account for an estimated 13 percent of all cancer cases globally, according to a new report published Wednesday by the American Association for Cancer Research.

Find out about cryptococcal meningitis, a dangerous brain infection. Learn about the symptoms that help in early diagnosis and effective treatment.

Scientists have found that the impact of human activity on land has exacerbated the spread of Cryptococcus gattii, threatening the lives of marine mammals and humans. In the early 2000s, hundreds of ...

All had died of an infection from a tropical fungus, Cryptococcus gattii, which had entered their lungs and eventually spread to their brains.

Between 1997 and 2016, 42 cases of marine mammals infected with the Cryptococcus gattii fungus were identified in Washington and British Columbia, according to a new study by scientists from the ...

Background: Cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii varies with geographic region, populations affected, disease manifestations, and severity of infection, which impact ...

CNS infections with Cryptococcus species typically present with meningoencephalitis, and are mostly caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and, less frequently, by C gattii.

Cryptococcus gattii, a fungus found in trees and soil, is endemic to BC and infects humans through spore inhalation. Vancouver Island has one of the highest annual incidence rates, varying between 0.1 ...

They focused on two infectious species of Cryptococcus, C. gattii and C. neoformans, which can cause meningitis or meningoencephalitis and are potentially fatal infections, particularly for people ...

A survivor of the 2004 tsunami even suffered a skin infection from C. gattii. But could a natural disaster introduce a pathogen to a new place, resulting in the outbreak of a new disease decades ...