本研究通过体外和体内实验，分析了五株C. gattii的致病性，发现优化增大的多糖胶囊（相对大小1-2）与更高的致病性相关，这通过增强巨噬细胞内生存能力和脑组织适应性实现。结果揭示了胶囊动态调节和宿主免疫逃逸机制对致病性的重要性。 该研究系统探讨了 ...

(CBS) There is a fungus among us and it's deadly serious. Cryptococcus gattii has been blamed for 15 deaths over the last six years. The fungus is usually found in the tropics, but is now calling the ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by The Conversation. The original is here. A deadly fungal infection has been spreading across western North America. The number of human and animal cases has ...

背景：在墨西哥，Cryptococcus gattii sensu lato已被确定为约10.8%的隐球菌病病例的致病菌；然而，从自然环境中分离出这种病原体以确认其在环境中的存在尚未成功。 目的：从一名被诊断为由该菌种引起的隐球菌病患者活动范围内的树木样本中分离出C. gattii。

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Clinical outcomes were reviewed for 4 patients with Cryptococcus gattii central nervous system infection who received dexamethasone for the ...

DURHAM, NC -- Most AIDS patients, when diagnosed with a fungal infection known simply as cryptococcosis, are assumed to have an infection with Cryptococcus neoformans, but a recent study from Duke ...

A new strain of hypervirulent, deadly Cryptococcus gattii fungus has been discovered in the United States, a new study says. The outbreak has already killed six people in Oregon, and it will likely ...

New airborne fungus can be deadly but there's no reason to panic. Apr. 23, 2010— -- It sounds like a plot straight out of a science fiction movie: A new strain of a deadly airborne fungus in ...

Cryptococcus gattii may be more common than previously thought and has caused a significant number of infections in the HIV/AIDS population. For the study, C. gattii infections reported among patients ...

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Last October when my 17-year-old cat, Abby, came down with a rattly chest, I took her to the vet thinking maybe a quick course of antibiotics would fix her right up. I had no idea ...