cryptococcosis
noun
cryp·to·coc·co·sis
ˌkrip-tə-(ˌ)kä-ˈkō-səs 
plural cryptococcoses
ˌkrip-tə-(ˌ)kä-ˈkō-(ˌ)sēz
: an infectious disease that is caused by a fungus (Cryptococcus neoformans) and is characterized by the production of lesions in subcutaneous tissues, joints, and especially the lungs, brain, and meninges and often by pneumonia or meningitis
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The classic signs of cryptococcal meningitis develop in between one-quarter and one-third of people with cryptococcosis.
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Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 2 July 2024
In Africa, for example, cryptococcosis kills more people than tuberculosis, but research into cryptococcosis received just 1 percent of the funding allocated to tuberculosis.
—Rose Eveleth, Wired, 23 Nov. 2021
To be sure, fungal infections are already more common in warm locations—the rates of a fungus called cryptococcosis, which can be deadly to people with AIDS, can reach 30 percent in Africa, compared to just 5-10 percent in more temperate regions.
—Rose Eveleth, Wired, 23 Nov. 2021
Notable examples include multiple different species of yeast hybrids that cause the human diseases cryptococcosis and candidiasis.
—Antonis Rokas, The Conversation, 4 June 2020
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Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 2 July 2024
In Africa, for example, cryptococcosis kills more people than tuberculosis, but research into cryptococcosis received just 1 percent of the funding allocated to tuberculosis.
—Rose Eveleth, Wired, 23 Nov. 2021
To be sure, fungal infections are already more common in warm locations—the rates of a fungus called cryptococcosis, which can be deadly to people with AIDS, can reach 30 percent in Africa, compared to just 5-10 percent in more temperate regions.
—Rose Eveleth, Wired, 23 Nov. 2021
Notable examples include multiple different species of yeast hybrids that cause the human diseases cryptococcosis and candidiasis.
—Antonis Rokas, The Conversation, 4 June 2020
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cryptococcosis
noun
cryp·to·coc·co·sis
ˌkrip-tə-(ˌ)kä-ˈkō-səs
plural cryptococcoses
-(ˌ)sēz
: an infectious disease that is caused by a fungus of the genus Cryptococcus (C. neoformans) and is characterized by the production of nodular lesions or abscesses in subcutaneous tissues, joints, and especially the lungs, brain, and meninges and often by pneumonia or meningitis
called also torulosis
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