Researchers have identified a high prevalence of cryptococcal antigenemia among HIV-infected patients hospitalized with acute respiratory infection in Thailand. Among HIV-uninfected patients, no ...

Cryptococcus disease is a rare but serious infection resulting from inhaling a toxic fungus often found in fir trees. Approximately 250 people have been infected with the disease in British Columbia ...

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Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that infects people with weakened immune systems, particularly those with advanced HIV/AIDS. New University of Minnesota Medical Research could mean a ...

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has confirmed two patients died after contracting a fungal infection found in pigeon droppings. The infection is airborne, meaning it was contracted by patients who ...

Background. Longer-term morbidity and outcomes of Cryptococcus gattii infection are not described. We analyzed clinical, microbiological, and outcome data in Australian patients followed for 12 months ...

Copycat fungus deactivates body's response to infection The study, published in the journal PLoS Pathogens, focused on one of the most dangerous infections for people with HIV/AIDS --Cryptococcus ...

Public health officials launched an investigation into the deaths and found that the likely source of the infection was a room that contained machinery and pigeon poop, and was not open to the public.

Scotland’s health secretary said a child who died in December was the second patient at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital confirmed to have contracted an infection that is linked to pigeon droppings ...

The family of a woman who died after contracting a fungal infection commonly linked to pigeon droppings say they are worried the truth will never come out. Gail Armstrong was 73 and had been treated ...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN- July 15, 2019 - Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that infects people with weakened immune systems, particularly those with advanced HIV/AIDS. New University of Minnesota ...