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Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
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Cryptococcal dissemination to the central nervous system requires the
vacuolar calcium transporter Pmc1.
Squizani ED, Oliveira NK, Reuwsaat JCV,
et al
Cell Microbiol. 2017 Nov 7
Abstract
Long term mortality and disability in Cryptococcal Meningitis: a systematic
literature review.
Pasquier E, Kunda J, De Beaudrap P,
Clin Infect Dis. 2017
Oct 4.
Abstract
Tracing
Genetic Exchange and Biogeography of Cryptococcus neoformans var.
grubii at the Global Population Level
Rhodes J, Desjardins CA, Sykes SM,
Genetics.
2017 Jul 5.
Abstract
New weapons in the Cryptococcus infection toolkit.
Taylor-Smith LM, May RC.
Curr Opin Microbiol. 2016 Aug 11
Abstract
End-Stage Liver Disease Is a Strong Predictor of Early Mortality in
Cryptococcosis.
Spec A, Raval K, Powderly WG.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015
Dec 15;3(1):ofv197.
Abstract
Cryptococcus neoformans-Induced Macrophage Lysosome Damage
Crucially Contributes to Fungal Virulence.
Davis MJ, Eastman AJ, Qiu Y, et al
J
Immunol. 2015 Jan 30
Abstract
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Images in clinical
medicine. Disseminated cryptococcosis.
Martin-Blondel G, Ysebaert L.
N Engl J Med.
2014 May 1;370(18):1741.
Paper
The Cryptococcus neoformans Transcriptome at the Site of Human
Meningitis.
Chen Y, Toffaletti DL, Tenor JL, et al
MBio. 2014 Feb 4;5(1).
Abstract
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cryptococcus
neoformans Ex Vivo Capsule Size Is Associated With Intracranial Pressure and
Host Immune Response in HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis.
Robertson EJ, Najjuka G, Rolfes MA, et al
J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan;209(1):74-82.
Paper
Role of ferric reductases in iron acquisition and virulence in
the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.
Saikia S, Oliveira D, Hu G, Kronstad J.
Infect Immun. 2013
Dec 9
Abstract
Cryptococcosis: epidemiology, fungal resistance, and new
alternatives for treatment.
Gullo FP, Rossi SA, Sardi Jde C, sf al
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013
Nov;32(11):1377-91.
Abstract
Old Cryptococcus neoformans Cells Contribute to Virulence in
Chronic Cryptococcosis.
Bouklas T, Pechuan X, Goldman DL,
et al
MBio. 2013 Aug 13;4(4).
Abstract
Cryptococcosis-IRIS is associated with lower
Cryptococcus-specific IFN-gamma responses before antiretroviral therapy but not
higher T-cell responses during therapy.
Chang CC, Lim A,
Omarjee S, et al
J Infect Dis.
2013 Jun 12
Abstract
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Predictors of Mortality and Differences in Clinical Features among Patients with
Cryptococcosis According to Immune Status.
Brizendine KD, Baddley JW, Pappas PG.
PLoS One.
2013;8(3):e60431.
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Cryptococcosis.
Negroni R.
Clin Dermatol 2012
Nov;30(6):599-609.
Abstract
CNS-Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in the Setting of
HIV Infection, Part 1: Overview and Discussion of Progressive Multifocal
Leukoencephalopathy-Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome and
Cryptococcal-Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome.
Post MJ, Thurnher
MM, Clifford DB, Nath A,
et al
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012 Jul
12.
Abstract
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Differences in Nitrogen Metabolism between Cryptococcus neoformans and C.
gattii, the Two Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis.
Ngamskulrungroj P, Chang Y, Roh J, etal
PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e34258
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Unraveling the unique structure and biosynthesis pathway of N-linked glycans in
the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans by glycomics analysis.
Park JN, Lee DJ, Kwon O,
et al
J Biol Chem.
2012 Apr 12.
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Evidence that the Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus
neoformans var. grubii May Have
Evolved in Africa.
Litvintseva AP, Carbone I, Rossouw J,
et al
PLoS One.
2011 May 11;6(5):e19688
Paper
An update on Cryptococcus among HIV-infected patients.
Warkentien T, Crum-Cianflone NF.
Int J STD AIDS. 2010 Oct;21(10):679-84
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Cryptococcal interactions with the host
immune system.
Voelz K, May RC.
Eukaryot Cell.
2010 Jun;9(6):835-46
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Risk factors for mortality from primary
cryptococcosis in patients with HIV.
Sajadi MM, Roddy KM, Chan-Tack KM, Forrest GN.
Postgrad Med.
2009 Mar;121(2):107-13
Abstract |
Cryptococcosis
Yoshida K, Shoji H, Niki Y.
et al
Nippon Rinsho. 2008
Dec;66(12):2350-5.
Abstract
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Cryptococcosis
Osuna A, Carragoso A, Lemos A, et al
Acta Med Port.
2008 May-Jun;21(3):307-13.
Abstract
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Profile of Central Nervous System Disease in HIV/AIDS
Patients With Special Reference to
Cryptococcal Infections.
Wadhwa A, Kaur R, Bhalla P.
Neurologist. 2008 Jul;14(4):247-51
Abstract
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Cryptococcal Antigen Screening in Asymptomatic HIV-Infected
Antiretroviral Naďve Patients in Cameroon and Evaluation of the New
Semi-Quantitative Biosynex CryptoPS Test.
Temfack E, Kouanfack C, Mossiang L, et al
Front Microbiol. 2018 Mar 13;9:409.
Abstract
Performance of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow
assay in serum, cerebrospinal fluid, whole blood, and urine in
HIV-infected patients with culture-proven cryptococcal meningitis
admitted at a Brazilian referral center.
Vidal JE, Toniolo C, Paulino A,. et al
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo.
2018;60:e1.
Abstract
High Cryptococcal Antigen Titers in Blood are Predictive of
Subclinical Cryptococcal Meningitis Among HIV-Infected Patients.
Wake RM, Britz E, Sriruttan C, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2017
Oct 5
Abstract
Examination of cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan
antigen in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for diagnosing pulmonary
cryptococcosis in HIV-negative patients.
Oshima K, Takazono T, Saijo T, et al
Med Mycol. 2017 Apr 17.
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Establishing a cost-per-result of laboratory-based, reflex
Cryptococcal antigenaemia screening (CrAg) in HIV+ patients with CD4
counts less than 100 cells/μl using a Lateral Flow Assay (FA) at a
typical busy CD4 laboratory in South Africa
Cassim N, Schnippel K, Coetzee LM, Glencross DK.
PLoS One.
2017 Feb 6;12(2):e0171675.
Paper
Identification of Disseminated Cryptococcosis
Using MALDI-TOF MS and Clinical Evaluation.
Tarumoto N, Sakai J, Kodana M, et al
Med Mycol J. 2016;57(3):E41-6.
Abstract
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Identification of
Multiple Cryptococcal Fungicidal Drug Targets by Combined Gene Dosing and
Drug Affinity Responsive Target Stability Screening.
Park YD, Sun W, Salas A, et al
MBio.
2016 Aug 2;7(4).
Paper
Performance of the Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay in
Non-HIV Related Cryptococcosis.
Jitmuang A, Panackal AA, Williamson PR, et al
J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Nov 25
Abstract
Spectrum of imaging appearances of intracranial cryptococcal infection in
HIV/AIDS patients in the anti-retroviral therapy era.
Offiah CE, Naseer A.
Clin Radiol. 2015
Nov 9.
Abstract
Validation and clinical application of a molecular method for
the identification of Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii complex
DNA in human clinical specimens.
Rivera V, Gaviria M, Muńoz-Cadavid C,
Braz J Infect Dis. 2015 Sep
19
Abstract
Evaluation of Fingerstick Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow
Assay in HIV-Infected Persons: a Diagnostic Accuracy Study.
Williams D, Kiiza T, Kwizera R, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 1. pii:
civ263
Abstract
Neuroimaging of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis:
comparison of magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with and
without immune reconstitution.
Katchanov J, Branding G, Jefferys L, et al
Int J STD
AIDS. 2015 Feb 18.
Abstract
Latex agglutination: Diagnose the early cryptococcus
neoformans test of capsular polysaccharide antigen.
Wang H, Yuan X, Zhang L.
Pak J
Pharm Sci. 2015 Jan;28(1 Suppl):307-11.
Abstract
Enzyme Immunoassay versus Latex Agglutination Cryptococcal
Antigen Assays in Adults With non-HIV-related Cryptococcosis.
Panackal AA, Dekker JP, Proschan M,
et al
J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep 24
Abstract
Rapid diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis using the lateral
flow assay on CSF samples: the influence of the high dose "hook" effect.
Lourens A, Jarvis JN, Meintjes G, Samuel CM.
J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep 17. pii
Abstract
Differentiation of histoplasma and crypococcus in cytology
smears: a diagnostic dilemma in severely necrotic cases.
Ranjan R, Jain D, Singh L, et al
Cytopathology. 2014 Aug 13
Abstract
FULL-TEXT
ARTICLE
Performance
of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay using saliva in Ugandans with CD4
<100.
Kwizera R, Nguna J, Kiragga A, et al
PLoS One.
2014 Jul 31;9(7):e103156
Paper
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Identification of the Major Molecular Types of Cryptococcus neoformans and
C. gattii by Hyperbranched Rolling Circle Amplification.
Trilles L, Wang B, Firacative C, Lazéra Mdos S, et al
PLoS One. 2014 Apr
15;9(4):e94648
Paper
A High-Throughput Screening Assay for Fungicidal Compounds
against Cryptococcus neoformans.
Rabjohns JL, Park
YD, Dehdashti J, et al
J Biomol Screen. 2014
Feb;19(2):270-7.
Abstract
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Multisite validation of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay and
quantification by laser thermal contrast.
Boulware DR, Rolfes MA, Rajasingham R, et al
Emerg Infect Dis.
2014 Jan;20(1):45-53.
Paper
Diagnosis of Cryptococcosis and Prevention of
Cryptococcal Meningitis Using a Novel Point-of-Care Lateral Flow Assay.
Dhana A.
Case Rep Med.
2013;2013:640216.
Abstract
A High-Throughput Screening Assay for Fungicidal Compounds
against Cryptococcus neoformans.
Rabjohns JL, Park YD,
Dehdashti J, et al
J Biomol Screen. 2013 Jul 29
Abstract
Evaluation of a rapid lateral flow immunoassay for the detection
of cryptococcal antigen for the early diagnosis of cryptococcosis in HIV
patients in Colombia.
Escandón P, Lizarazo J, Agudelo CI,
et al
Med Mycol. 2013 Apr 23
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Significance of antibody detection in the diagnosis of
cryptococcal meningitis.
Patil SA, Katyayani S, Arvind N.
J Immunoassay Immunochem.
2012 Apr;33(2):140-8.
Abstract
Cryptococcal lymphadenitis in HIV: A chance diagnosis by FNAC.
Bhuyan P, Pattnaik K, Kar A, et al
Diagn Cytopathol. 2012 Apr 17.
Abstract
Detection of Antibody against Fungal Glucosylceramide in
Immunocompromised Patients:
A Potential New Diagnostic Approach for
Cryptococcosis.
Qureshi A, Wray D, Rhome R, et al
Mycopathologia. 2011 Oct 5
Abstract
Rapid Identification of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii, C. neoformans var.
neoformans,
and C. gattii Using Rapid Biochemical Tests, Differential Media, and DNA
Sequencing.
McTaggart L, Richardson SE, Seah C, et al
J
Clin Microbiol. 2011 May 18
Abstract
Assessing the Chronic Neuropsychologic Sequelae of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus-Negative Cryptococcal Meningitis by Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging.
Lu CH, Chen HL, Chang WN,
et al
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 May 19.
Abstract
The role of serum cryptococcal antigen screening for the early diagnosis of
cryptococcosis in
HIV-infected patients with different ranges of CD4 cell counts.
Pongsai P, Atamasirikul K, Sungkanuparph S.
J Infect. 2010 Jun;60(6):474-7.
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in HIV/AIDS: when to start antiretroviral
therapy?
Franco-Paredes C, Chastain DB, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Marcos LA .
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob.
2017 Mar 6;16(1):9.
Paper
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Integrated therapy for
HIV and
cryptococcosis.
Srichatrapimuk S, Sungkanuparph S.
AIDS
Res Ther. 2016 Nov 29;13(1):42.
Paper
Cryptococcosis: epidemiology, fungal
resistance, and new alternatives for treatment.
Gullo FP, Rossi
SA, Sardi Jde C, sf al
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis.
2013 Nov;32(11):1377-91.
Abstract
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Cryptococcal
Disease:
2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Perfect JR, Dismukes WE, Dromer F,
et al
Clin Infect Dis.
2010 Jan 4.
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Treatment of cryptococcosis in the
setting of HIV coinfection.
Khawcharoenporn T, Apisarnthanarak A, Mundy LM.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2007 Dec;5(6):1019-30.
Abstract
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