Publications

genotype and mating type distribution within clinical cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii isolates from patients with cryptococcal meningitis in uberaba, minas gerais, brazil.	we molecularly characterized 81 cryptococcal isolates recovered from cerebrospinal fluid samples of 77 patients diagnosed between 1998 and 2007 as having cryptococcal meningitis in uberaba minas gerais, brazil. fifty-seven (74%) were male with a mean age 35.6 years. seventy-two (88.9%) of the isolates were from 68 aids patients and cryp-tococcosis was the first aids-defining condition in 38 (55.9%) patients. cryptococcosis and aids were simultaneously diagnosed in 25 (65.8%) of these 38 patients ...	2010	19905964
molecular characterization and evaluation of virulence factors of cryptococcus laurentii and cryptococcus neoformans strains isolated from external hospital areas.	cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic fungal infection that is mainly caused by the species cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii, but there have recently been several reports of infection by non-neoformans cryptococcus species. the aims of this study were to genetically characterize cryptococcus spp. isolated from external hospital areas in minas gerais state, brazil, and to evaluate their pathogenic potential, analyzing their phospholipase and melanin production and the capacity f ...	2010	20943154
clinical, epidemiological and outcome features of patients with cryptococcosis in uberaba, minas gerais, brazil.	nearly one million of cryptococcosis cases occur yearly around the world, involving mainly hiv-infected patients who are not receiving antiretroviral therapy (art) or present poor adherence. this study aims to evaluate epidemiological, clinical and outcome aspects of patients with cryptococcosis from 1998-2010. patients were prospectively recruited, and their medical and laboratory records were reviewed. a total of 131 cases were included, and of these, 119 (90.83%) had aids, 4 received a renal ...	2011	22130645