本研究通过体外和体内实验，分析了五株C. gattii的致病性，发现优化增大的多糖胶囊（相对大小1-2）与更高的致病性相关，这通过增强巨噬细胞内生存能力和脑组织适应性实现。结果揭示了胶囊动态调节和宿主免疫逃逸机制对致病性的重要性。 该研究系统探讨了 ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by The Conversation. The original is here. A deadly fungal infection has been spreading across western North America. The number of human and animal cases has ...

(CBS) There is a fungus among us and it's deadly serious. Cryptococcus gattii has been blamed for 15 deaths over the last six years. The fungus is usually found in the tropics, but is now calling the ...

快速准确检测隐球菌的双重实时荧光定量PCR方法的建立及性能验证。 本研究针对隐球菌病（cryptococcosis）的临床诊断难题，开发了一种新型多重实时荧光定量PCR（qPCR）检测技术，并系统评估了其性能优势。隐球菌病作为全球范围内的重要致死性真菌感染，其早期 ...

A deadly fungal infection has been spreading across western North America. The number of human and animal cases has grown rapidly in recent years, to the extent that government agencies in US and ...

Cryptococcus gattii may be more common than previously thought and has caused a significant number of infections in the HIV/AIDS population. For the study, C. gattii infections reported among patients ...

A new strain of hypervirulent, deadly Cryptococcus gattii fungus has been discovered in the United States, a new study says. The outbreak has already killed six people in Oregon, and it will likely ...

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Last October when my 17-year-old cat, Abby, came down with a rattly chest, I took her to the vet thinking maybe a quick course of antibiotics would fix her right up. I had no idea ...