"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.
A mitosporic Tremellales fungal genus whose species usually have a capsule and do not form pseudomycellium. Teleomorphs include Filobasidiella and Fidobasidium.
| Descriptor ID |
D003454
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.381.258 B01.300.930.316
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cryptococcus" by people in Profiles.
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Disseminated cryptococcosis and anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies: An underappreciated association. Mycoses. 2021 Jun; 64(6):576-582.
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Update on the epidemiology and management of cryptococcal meningitis. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2012 Apr; 13(6):783-9.
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Etiology of meningitis among patients admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Botswana. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jul; 30(7):620-2.
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Outcomes of central nervous system cryptococcosis vary with host immune function: results from a multi-center, prospective study. J Infect. 2010 Nov; 61(5):419-26.
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Toward more effective antifungal therapy: the prospects of combination therapy. Br J Haematol. 2004 Jul; 126(2):165-75.
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Pseudooutbreak of cryptococcal meningitis. J Clin Microbiol. 1982 Jun; 15(6):1141-3.