Life Sciences
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DOI: 10.17160/josha.11.2.983
Fungal Colonization of the Brain: Anatomopathological Aspects of Neurological Cryptococcosis
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Ana Caroline Colombo, Marcio L. Rodrigues
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Brain infection by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans results in an estimated 500,000 human deaths per annum. Colonization of the central nervous system (CNS) by C. neoformans causes different clinical syndromes…