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What is a cryptococcus?

What is a cryptococcus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic.
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Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated on day five from an HIV-positive patient.
Dr. Levitz then turned the droppings over to Dr. Arturo Casadevall, an expert in growing cryptococcus from bird excreta and in molecular typing.
The predominant species were Candida curvata among the ascomycetes, and Sporobolomyces roseus, Cryptococcus sp.
Inhibition of cryptococcus neoformans replication by nitrogen oxides supports the role of these molecules as effectors of macrophage-mediated cytostasis.
It was the cryptococcus fungus, one of myriad opportunistic infections that can blossom when H. I. V. severely damages the immune system.
However, in our case a skin biopsy was taken to exclude cryptococcus and other opportunistic infections.

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