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The status of cryptococcosis in latin America

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dc.creatorFiracative Ropero, Sandra Carolina
dc.creatorLizarazo, Jairo
dc.creatorIllnait-Zaragozí, María Teresa
dc.creatorCastañeda, Elizabeth
dc.creatorLatin American Cryptococcal Study Group
dc.creator.OrganizationalLatin American Cryptococcal Study Group
dc.creator.googleFiracative, Carolina
dc.creator.googleLizarazo, Jairo
dc.creator.googleIllnait-Zaragozí, María Teresa
dc.creator.googleCastañeda, Elizabeth
dc.creator.googleLatin American Cryptococcal Study Group
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-11T17:51:40Z
dc.date.available2019-09-11T17:51:40Z
dc.date.created2018
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractCryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal infection caused by the encapsulated yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, acquired from the environment. In Latin America, as occurring worldwide, C. neoformans causes more than 90% of the cases of cryptococcosis, affecting predominantly patients with HIV, while C. gattii generally affects otherwise healthy individuals. In this region, cryptococcal meningitis is the most common presentation, with amphotericin B and fluconazole being the antifungal drugs of choice. Avian droppings are the predominant environmental reservoir of C. neoformans, while C. gattii is associated with several arboreal species. Importantly, C. gattii has a high prevalence in Latin America and has been proposed to be the likely origin of some C. gattii populations in North America. Thus, in the recent years, significant progress has been made with the study of the basic biology and laboratory identification of cryptococcal strains, in understanding their ecology, population genetics, host-pathogen interactions, and the clinical epidemiology of this important mycosis in Latin America. © 2018, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. All rights reserved.eng
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dc.identifier.doi10.1590/0074-02760170554
dc.identifier.issn0074-0276
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/20257
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.relation.citationTitleMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 113
dc.relation.ispartofMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, ISSN:7402-76, Vol. 113 (2018)spa
dc.relation.urihttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v113n7/0074-0276-mioc-113-7-e170554.pdfspa
dc.rights.accesRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accesoAbierto (Texto Completo)spa
dc.source.bibliographicCitationAbegg, M.A., Cella, F.L., Faganello, J., Valente, P., Schrank, A., Vainstein, M.H., Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii isolated from the excreta of psittaciformes in a southern Brazilian zoological garden (2006) Mycopathologia, 161 (2), pp. 83-91spa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subjectAgente antifúngicospa
dc.subjectComplejo relacionado con el SIDAspa
dc.subjectHumanospa
dc.subjectSur y Centro Américaspa
dc.subject.keywordAntifungal agentspa
dc.subject.keywordAids related complexspa
dc.subject.keywordCryptococcosisspa
dc.subject.keywordSouth and Central Americaspa
dc.subject.lembCriptococosisspa
dc.subject.lembMeningitis fúngicaspa
dc.titleThe status of cryptococcosis in latin Americaspa
dc.typerevieweng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.spaRevisiónspa
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