Cryptococcus

"Cryptococcus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A mitosporic Tremellales fungal genus whose species usually have a capsule and do not form pseudomycellium. Teleomorphs include Filobasidiella and Fidobasidium.

Descriptor ID	D003454
MeSH Number(s)	B01.300.381.258 B01.300.930.316
Concept/Terms	Cryptococcus Cryptococcus Torula Torulas

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Fungi [B01.300]
Mitosporic Fungi [B01.300.381]
Cryptococcus [B01.300.381.258]
Yeasts [B01.300.930]
Cryptococcus [B01.300.930.316]

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Bar chart showing 6 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2004 and 2008 and 2010 and 2011 and 2014 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cryptococcus" by people in Profiles.

Wang X, Zhou Z, Turner D, Lilly M, Ou T, Jiang W. Differential Circulating Fungal Microbiome in Prostate Cancer Patients Compared to Healthy Control Individuals. J Immunol Res. 2022; 2022:2574964.

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Falodun A, Imieje V, Erharuyi O, Ahomafor J, Jacob MR, Khan SI, Hamann MT. Evaluation of three medicinal plant extracts against Plasmodium falciparum and selected microganisms. Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2014; 11(4):142-6.

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Qureshi A, Wray D, Rhome R, Barry W, Del Poeta M. Detection of antibody against fungal glucosylceramide in immunocompromised patients: a potential new diagnostic approach for cryptococcosis. Mycopathologia. 2012 Jun; 173(5-6):419-25.

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Sun HY, Alexander BD, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Forrest GN, Lyon GM, Somani J, Gupta KL, del Busto R, Pruett TL, Sifri CD, Limaye AP, John GT, Klintmalm GB, Pursell K, Stosor V, Morris MI, Dowdy LA, Munoz P, Kalil AC, Garcia-Diaz J, Orloff SL, House AA, Houston SH, Wray D, Huprikar S, Johnson LB, Humar A, Razonable RR, Fisher RA, Husain S, Wagener MM, Singh N. Unrecognized pretransplant and donor-derived cryptococcal disease in organ transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 01; 51(9):1062-9.

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Singh N, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Alexander BD, Gupta KL, John GT, del Busto R, Klintmalm GB, Somani J, Lyon GM, Pursell K, Stosor V, Munoz P, Limaye AP, Kalil AC, Pruett TL, Garcia-Diaz J, Humar A, Houston S, House AA, Wray D, Orloff S, Dowdy LA, Fisher RA, Heitman J, Wagener MM, Husain S. Central nervous system cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients: clinical relevance of abnormal neuroimaging findings. Transplantation. 2008 Sep 15; 86(5):647-51.

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Aganovic L, Hoda RS, Rumboldt Z. Hyperintensity of spinal Cryptococcus infection on diffusion-weighted MR images. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Oct; 183(4):1176-7.

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