Variability in innate host immune responses to cryptococcosis
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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113(7): e180060, 2018. graf
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em Inglês
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| ID: biblio-894944
ABSTRACT
Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and the closely related species C. gattii. The severe form of the disease, cryptococcal meningitis (CM), is rapidly fatal without treatment. Although typically a disease of immunocompromised (especially HIV-positive) individuals, there is growing awareness of cryptococcal disease amongst non-immunocompromised patients. Whilst substantial progress has been made in understanding the pathogenicity of C. neoformans in HIV patients, prospective data on cryptococcosis outside the context of HIV remains lacking. Below we review how innate immune responses vary between hosts depending on immunological status, and discuss risk factors and predictors of disease outcome in different groups.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
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Criptococose
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University of Birmingham/GB
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