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zzm321990 Cryptococcus bacillisporus (VGIII) Meningoencephalitis Acquired in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Luis Thompson1, Lorena Porte2, Violeta Díaz3, María Cristina Díaz4, Sebastián Solar1, Pablo Valenzuela1, Nicole Norley5, Yumai Pires6, Fernando Carreño7, Sergio Valenzuela8, Rukmane Shabani5, Volker Rickerts5, Thomas Weitzel2,9.   

Abstract

We describe a case of chronic meningoencephalitis with hydrocephalus caused by Cryptococcus bacillisporus (VGIII) in an immunocompetent patient from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. This first report of a member of the Cryptococcus gattii species complex from Bolivia suggests that C. bacillisporus (VGIII) is present in this tropical region of the country and complements our epidemiological and clinical knowledge of this group of emerging fungal pathogens in South America.

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Keywords:  Cryptococcus gattii complex; South America; cryptococcosis; epidemiology; fungal infections

Year:  2021        PMID： 33467409      PMCID： PMC7830430          DOI： 10.3390/jof7010055

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Fungi (Basel)        ISSN： 2309-608X


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Review 1.  Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis and therapy.

Authors:  Peter R Williamson; Joseph N Jarvis; Anil A Panackal; Matthew C Fisher; Síle F Molloy; Angela Loyse; Thomas S Harrison
Journal:  Nat Rev Neurol       Date:  2016-11-25       Impact factor: 42.937

2.  Methods for using Galleria mellonella as a model host to study fungal pathogenesis.

Authors:  Beth Burgwyn Fuchs; Elizabeth O'Brien; Joseph B El Khoury; Eleftherios Mylonakis
Journal:  Virulence       Date:  2010-11-01       Impact factor: 5.882

Review 3.  The Frozen Brain State of Cryptococcus gattii: A Globe-Trotting, Tropical, Neurotropic Fungus.

Authors:  Paul T Akins; Brian Jian
Journal:  Neurocrit Care       Date:  2019-04       Impact factor: 3.210

4.  Epidemiology of Cryptococcus gattii, British Columbia, Canada, 1999-2007.

Authors:  Eleni Galanis; Laura Macdougall; Sarah Kidd; Mohammad Morshed
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2010-02       Impact factor: 6.883

Review 5.  Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries.

Authors:  Angela Loyse; Harry Thangaraj; Philippa Easterbrook; Nathan Ford; Monika Roy; Tom Chiller; Nelesh Govender; Thomas S Harrison; Tihana Bicanic
Journal:  Lancet Infect Dis       Date:  2013-06-02       Impact factor: 25.071

6.  Autochthonous and dormant Cryptococcus gattii infections in Europe.

Authors:  Ferry Hagen; M Francisca Colom; Daniëlle Swinne; Kathrin Tintelnot; Roberta Iatta; Maria Teresa Montagna; Josep M Torres-Rodriguez; Massimo Cogliati; Aristea Velegraki; Arjan Burggraaf; Alwin Kamermans; Johanna M Sweere; Jacques F Meis; Corné H W Klaassen; Teun Boekhout
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2012-10       Impact factor: 6.883

7.  Fatal disseminated Cryptococcus gattii infection in New Mexico.

Authors:  Carla J Walraven; Wendy Gerstein; Sarah E Hardison; Floyd Wormley; Shawn R Lockhart; Julie R Harris; Annette Fothergill; Brian Wickes; Julie Gober-Wilcox; Larry Massie; T S Neil Ku; Carolina Firacative; Wieland Meyer; Samuel A Lee
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2011-12-14       Impact factor: 3.240

8.  The Case for Adopting the "Species Complex" Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis.

Authors:  Kyung J Kwon-Chung; John E Bennett; Brian L Wickes; Wieland Meyer; Christina A Cuomo; Kurt R Wollenburg; Tihana A Bicanic; Elizabeth Castañeda; Yun C Chang; Jianghan Chen; Massimo Cogliati; Françoise Dromer; David Ellis; Scott G Filler; Matthew C Fisher; Thomas S Harrison; Steven M Holland; Shigeru Kohno; James W Kronstad; Marcia Lazera; Stuart M Levitz; Michail S Lionakis; Robin C May; Popchai Ngamskulrongroj; Peter G Pappas; John R Perfect; Volker Rickerts; Tania C Sorrell; Thomas J Walsh; Peter R Williamson; Jianping Xu; Adrian M Zelazny; Arturo Casadevall
Journal:  mSphere       Date:  2017-01-11       Impact factor: 4.389

Review 9.  The status of cryptococcosis in Latin America.

Authors:  Carolina Firacative; Jairo Lizarazo; María Teresa Illnait-Zaragozí; Elizabeth Castañeda
Journal:  Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz       Date:  2018-04-05       Impact factor: 2.743

10.  Isolation of Cryptococcus gattii VGIII from feline nasal injury.

Authors:  Peggy Vieille; Rodrigo Cruz; Paula León; Nicolás Cáceres; Gustavo Giusiano
Journal:  Med Mycol Case Rep       Date:  2018-09-12
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Review 1.  Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Species Complexes in Latin America: A Map of Molecular Types, Genotypic Diversity, and Antifungal Susceptibility as Reported by the Latin American Cryptococcal Study Group.

Authors:  Carolina Firacative; Wieland Meyer; Elizabeth Castañeda
Journal:  J Fungi (Basel)       Date:  2021-04-09
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