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Cardiovascular System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Middle cerebral artery territory infarct due to Cryptococcus infectionstitle: An uncommon indication for cerebrospinal fluid analysis in stroke patients.
Cachia D, Singh C, Tetzlaff MT, Penas-Prado M.

 Diagn Cytopathol
. 2014 Oct 28.

Abstract

Cutaneous System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy - a case report.
Huong NTC, Altibi AMA, Hoa NM,  et al

BMC Infect Dis
. 2017 Apr 26;17(1):311
Paper
 

Systemic Review of Published Reports on Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis in Immunocompetent Patients.
Du L, Yang Y, Gu J,  et al
Mycopathologia. 2015 Mar 4.
Abstract

Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis of the penis.
Narváez-Moreno B, Bernabeu-Wittel J,  et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Oct;39(10):792-3
Abstract

FULL- TEXT ARTICLE
Cutaneous cryptococcosis of the penis.

Calista D, Grosso C.t, M Bufalini , et al
Dermatol Online
J. 2008 Jul 15;14(7):9

Paper

Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in Brazil: report of 11 cases in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients.
Marques SA, Bastazini I Jr, Martins AL,  et al

Int J Dermatol
. 2012 Jul;51(7):780-4.
Abstract

Cutaneous Colesional Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Associated Kaposi
Sarcoma and Cryptococcosis.
Ramdial PK, Sing Y, Subrayan S, Calonje E.

Am J Dermatopathol
. 2010 Aug 27
Abstract


Digestive System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Cryptococcosis in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Posttransplant Outcomes.
Singh N, Sifri CD, Silveira FP, Miller R,  et al

Transplantation
. 2015 Mar 24
Abstract

Endocrine System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Cryptococcal parotitis presenting as a cystic parotid mass: Report of a case diagnosed by
fine-needle aspiration cytology.

Namiq AL, Tollefson T, Fan F.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2005 Jun 8;33(1):36-38
Abstract

Genitourinary System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis of the penis.
Narváez-Moreno B, Bernabeu-Wittel J,  et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Oct;39(10):792-3
Abstract

Musculoskeletal System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Spinal Arachnoiditis as a Complication of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Non-HIV Previously Healthy Adults.
Panackal AA, Komori M, Kosa P, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Nov 10.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Massive mediastinal cryptococcosis in a young immunocompetent patient.
Okachi S, Wakahara K, Kato D,
Respirol Case Rep. 2015 Sep;3(3):95-8.

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Skeletal cryptococcosis from 1977 to 2013.
Zhou HX, Lu L, Chu T, et al
Front Microbiol. 2015 Jan 14;5:740.

Paper


Nervous System
HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis    

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Brainstem dysfunction heralding disseminated cryptococcosis.
Srivanitchapoom P, Pitakpatapee Y, Sitthinamsuwan P, Sathornsumetee S
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2018 Feb 12;167
Abstract

Risk factors and outcomes of cerebrospinal fluid overdrainage in HIV-negative patients with cryptococcal meningitis after the ventriculoperitoneal shunting procedure.
Hung CW, Lin WC, Chang WN,  et al
J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2017 Jun 28.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Comparison of clinical features and prognostic factors in HIV-negative adults with cryptococcal meningitis and tuberculous meningitis: a retrospective study
Qu J, Zhou T, Zhong C, Deng R, Lü X.

BMC Infect Dis
. 2017 Jan 10;17(1):51
Paper

Cryptococcal infection of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt in an HIV-infected patient with an excellent immunovirological status.
Genebat M, Mayorga-Buiza MJ, Castillo-Ojeda E, et al

World Neurosurg
. 2016 Dec 31.
Abstract

Spinal Arachnoiditis as a Complication of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Non-HIV Previously Healthy Adults.
Panackal AA, Komori M, Kosa P, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Nov 10.
Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis and therapy.
Williamson PR, Jarvis JN, Panackal AA,

 Nat Rev Neurol
.
2016 Nov 25.
Abstract

Risk Factors for Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Single United States Center Experience.
Henao-Martínez AF, Gross L,

Mycopathologia
.
2016 Aug 8.
Abstract

Clinical Immunophenotype at Disease Onset in Previously Healthy Patients With Cryptococcal Meningitis
Xu L, Huang Q, Lin JR,  et al

Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Feb;95(6):e2744
Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans genotype AFLP1/VNI in Iran: a review of the literature.
Badali H, Alian S, Fakhim H, et al,  

Mycoses
.
2015 Oct 7.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with chronic hepatitis C treated with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin.
Lee TH, Lee KO, Kim YS,  et al
Korean J Intern Med. 2014 May;29(3):370-4
Paper

Clinical and microbiological features of cryptococcal meningitis.
Souza LK, Costa CR, Fernandes Ode F,  et al
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
. 2013;46(3).
Abstract

Clinical and Laboratory Factors in the Differential Diagnosis of Tuberculous and Cryptococcal Meningitis in Adult HIV-negative Patients.
Zhang B, Lv K, Bao J,  et al
ntern Med
. 2013;52(14):1573-8.
Abstract

A case of successful treatment of brain and lung cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii.
Horiuchi K, Yamada M, Shirai S,  et al

Rinsho Shinkeigaku
. 2012;52(3):166-71
Abstract

Preventing deaths from cryptococcal meningitis: from bench to bedside.
Roy M, Chiller T.

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
. 2011 Sep;9(9):715-7..
Abstract


Respiratory System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
Pulmonary Cryptococcosis.
Chang CC, Sorrell TC, Chen SC.
Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct;36(5):681-91.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Pleural effusion as the initial clinical presentation in disseminated cryptococcosis and fungaemia: an unusual manifestation and a literature review.
Chen M, Wang X, Yu X, et al
BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 22;15(1):385.
Paper

A Case of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Male Patient Diagnosed by a Percutaneous Supraclavicular Lymph Node Biopsy
Sung JH, Kim do H, Oh MJ, et al

Tuberc Respir Dis
(Seoul)
. 2015 Jul;78(3):276-80
Abstract

Neurogenic pulmonary edema following Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis associated with HIV infection.
Kondo R, Sugita Y, Arakawa K,  et al
Neuropathology. 2015 May 7
Abstract

Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis.
Asadi Gharabaghi M, Allameh SF.

BMJ Case Rep
. 2014 Apr 1;2014.

Abstract

Intralobar pulmonary sequestration complicating with cryptococcal infection.
Guan C, Chen H, Shao C, et al
Clin Respir
J
. 2014 Jan 9.
Abstract

Vitamin D-Mediated Hypercalcemia as the Initial Manifestation of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in an HIV-uninfected Patient.
Huang JC, Kuo MC, Hwang SJ, et al
Intern Med. 2012;51(13):1793-6.
Abstract

A case of successful treatment of brain and lung cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii.
Horiuchi K, Yamada M, Shirai S,  et al

Rinsho Shinkeigaku
. 2012;52(3):166-71
Abstract

An unusual presentation of pulmonary cryptococcosis with co-existing disseminated tuberculosis
in an AIDS patient.
Chandrashekar UK, Acharya V, Varghese GK, Rao L.

Trop Doct
. 2012 Jan;42(1):60-2.
Abstract

 

Visual System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Ocular cryptococcosis as a presenting manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with HIV.
Chai SM, Teoh SC.
Int J STD AIDS. 2012 May;23(5):377-8..
Abstract
 

Metabolic Challenges
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Diabetes Mellitus is Associated with Acquisition and Increased Mortality in HIV-uninfected Patients with Cryptococcosis: A Population-Based Study.
Lin KH, Chen CM, Chen TL,  
J Infect. 2016 Feb 23. pii: S0163-4453(16)00056-

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