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Cryptococcus
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Cryptococcus /Cryp·to·coc·cus/ (-kok´us) a genus of yeastlike fungi, including C. neofor´mans, the cause of cryptococcosis in humans.cryptococ´cal
Cryp·to·coc·cus (krpt-kks)
n.
Any of a genus of yeastlike fungi commonly occurring in the soil and including certain pathogenic species.
Cryptococcus
[-kok′əs]
a genus of encapsulated yeasts that reproduce by budding rather than by producing spores. Many nonpathogenic species of Cryptococcus are commonly found in the soil and on the skin and mucous membranes of people who are well. Certain pathogenic species exist. C. neoformans is the most important. See also fungus, yeast.
Cryptococcus
a genus of yeastlike fungi.
Cryptococcus farciminosum
see histoplasmafarciminosum.
Cryptococcus neoformans
a species of worldwide distribution, causing cryptococcosis in all species including humans; there are two biovars, C. var neoformans, and C. var gattae. Called also Torula histolytica, Torulopsis neoformans.


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Microscopy and a culture from the aspirate showed a cryptococcal isolate.
Cryptococcus gattii risk for tourists visiting Vancouver Island, ... by Boekhout, Teun / Emerging Infectious Diseases
At best, a cocktail of opportunistic infection (OI) prophylaxis drugs such as Bactrim, fluconazole, and azithromycin might be hoped to forestall the development of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), toxoplasmosis, cryptococcal meningitis, and Mycobacterium aviam intracellulare (MAC), while a number of other OIs remained horribly undertreated or untreatable.
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Six of the 21 patients had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and all six had cryptococcal meningitis; two of them died.
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