Background. Cryptococcosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (C-IRIS) may be driven by aberrant T-cell responses against cryptococci. We investigated this in human ...

A drug, more commonly used in the treatment of angina, could be the focus of a new strategy in fighting the fatal fungal infection cryptococcosis. Researchers from the University of Birmingham found ...

Cryptococcosis is a condition that is caused by infection with a fungus from the Cryptococcus family. There are over 30 types of this fungus but there are two main species that are responsible for ...

Human-to-human transmission of cryptococcosis is very rare. 1–3 An 80-year-old man (Patient A) was hospitalized because of pulmonary squamous-cell carcinoma. He received mechanical ventilation and was ...

Benjamin N. Nevitt, Jennifer N. Langan, Michael J. Adkesson, Martha A. Delaney, David A. Rubin, Michael C. Muhlbauer, Kathleen M. Colegrove Journal of Zoo and ...

A drug, more commonly used in the treatment of angina, could be the focus of a new strategy in fighting the fatal fungal infection cryptococcosis, report scientists. A drug, more commonly used in the ...

A drug, more commonly used in the treatment of angina-- type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to heart -- could be the focus of a new strategy in fighting the fatal fungal infection ...

The encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of fungal meningitis, with the highest rate of cryptococcosis found in AIDS patients. Despite antifungal treatment, ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham found that the compound fendiline hydrochloride could be used to stimulate a patient’s own white blood cells to fight the disease more effectively, ...