Cryptococcal fungal infections are caused by the Cryptococcus species of fungi, most commonly Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. These fungi are most naturally found in warm and humid ...

Cancer patient Gail Armstrong, 73, died in January 2019 after she was diagnosed with cryptococcus, a fungal infection linked ...

The Cryptococcus infection at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is linked to pigeon droppings Two patients who died recently at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital - a 10-year-old boy ...

The child was being treated at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital when he or she appears to have caught the infection - a fungus called cryptococcus. The child has not been named. The fungus ...

Next the mice were infected with Cryptococcus neoformans, the yeast that causes fungal meningitis, and treated with either fluconazole or a placebo. In the United States fluconazole is commonly used ...

and Cryptococcus spp.) in patients with hematological ... are at highest risk for these infections. [1–6] This article is intended to discuss certain aspects of the approach to IFDs due to ...

Cancer patient Gail Armstrong, 73, died in January 2019 after she was diagnosed with cryptococcus, a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings, in late autumn of the previous year while being ...

A 10-year-old boy and a 73-year-old woman also died after contracting a cryptococcus infection, linked to pigeon droppings, while being treated at the hospital. The inquiry is being chaired by ...

Almost all information about invasive infections (including clinical features, diagnosis and outcome) comes from sporadic case reports and needs to be confirmed in an appropriate setting.

Cancer patient Gail Armstrong, 73, died in January 2019 after she was diagnosed with cryptococcus, a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings, in late autumn the previous year while being ...