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Françoise Dromer
Permanent Researcher
28 Jun 2022
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Active Surveillance Program to Increase Awareness on Invasive Fungal Diseases: the French RESSIF Network (2012 to 2018)
Read more14 Jun 2022
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Important publication by the French National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses & Antifungals summarizing 7 years of nationwide surveillance of these severe infections
Read more17 May 2022
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Echinocandins Susceptibility Patterns of 2,787 Yeast Isolates: Importance of the Thresholds for the Detection of FKS Mutations.
Read more20 Oct 2021
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COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Fungemia, and Pneumocystosis in the Intensive Care Unit: a Retrospective Multicenter Observational Cohort during the First French Pandemic Wave.
Read more18 May 2021
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Azole Susceptibility Profiles of More than 9,000 Clinical Yeast Isolates Belonging to 40 Common and Rare Species.
Read more04 May 2021
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Scedosporiosis/lomentosporiosis observational study (SOS): Clinical significance of Scedosporium species identification
Read more09 Mar 2021
01 Jan 2021
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No Impact of Fluconazole to Echinocandins Replacement as First-Line Therapy on the Epidemiology of Yeast Fungemia (Hospital-Driven Active Surveillance, 2004-2017, Paris, France).
Read more01 Sep 2020
01 Sep 2020
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Invasive Infections with Nannizziopsis obscura Species Complex in 9 Patients from West Africa, France, 2004-20201.
Read more01 Sep 2020
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Epidemiological investigation for grouped cases of Trichosporon asahii using whole genome and IGS1 sequencing.
Read more01 Aug 2020
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Diagnostic implications of mycetoma derived from Madurella pseudomycetomatis isolates from Mexico.
Read more01 Aug 2020
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Successful Terbinafine Treatment for Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Trematosphaeria grisea in a Heart Transplanted Man: Case Report and Literature Review.
Read more01 Jul 2020
01 Jul 2020
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Yarrowia lipolytica causes sporadic cases and local outbreaks of infections and colonisation.
Read more01 Jun 2020
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Emergence of azole resistant-Aspergillus fumigatus infections during STAT3-deficiency
Read more28 Apr 2020
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Tracing the Evolutionary History and Global Expansion of Candida auris Using Population Genomic Analyses.
Read more01 Mar 2020
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Candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the European Union and European Economic Area*, January 2018 to May 2019.
Read more01 Feb 2020
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Emerging mould infections: Get prepared to meet unexpected fungi in your patient.
Read more01 Jul 2019
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Cryptococcus neoformans resists to drastic conditions by switching to viable but non-culturable cell phenotype.
Read more01 May 2019
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Isavuconazole MIC distribution of 29 yeast species responsible for invasive infections (2015-2017).
Read more01 Apr 2019
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Diversity of coelomycetous fungi in human infections: A 10-y experience of two European reference centres.
Read more14 Jan 2019
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Correction to: AMBIsome Therapy Induction OptimisatioN (AMBITION): High Dose AmBisome for Cryptococcal Meningitis Induction Therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: Study Protocol for a Phase 3 Randomised Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial.
Read more01 Jan 2019
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Dual DNA Barcoding for the Molecular Identification of the Agents of Invasive Fungal Infections.
Read more23 Nov 2018
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AMBIsome Therapy Induction OptimisatioN (AMBITION): High Dose AmBisome for Cryptococcal Meningitis Induction Therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: Study Protocol for a Phase 3 Randomised Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial.
Read more18 Oct 2018
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Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries
Read more18 Jul 2018
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Impact of Routine Cryptococcal Antigen Screening and Targeted Preemptive Fluconazole Therapy in Antiretroviral-naive Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Adults With CD4 Cell Counts <100/μL: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Read more01 May 2018
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Titan cells formation in Cryptococcus neoformans is finely tuned by environmental conditions and modulated by positive and negative genetic regulators.
Read more24 Apr 2018
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Outbreak of Invasive Wound Mucormycosis in a Burn Unit Due to Multiple Strains of Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides Resolved by Whole-Genome Sequencing.
Read more01 Apr 2018
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Population Structure of Candida parapsilosis: No Genetic Difference Between French and Uruguayan Isolates Using Microsatellite Length Polymorphism.
Read more13 Mar 2018
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Cryptococcal Antigen Screening in Asymptomatic HIV-Infected Antiretroviral Naïve Patients in Cameroon and Evaluation of the New Semi-Quantitative Biosynex CryptoPS Test
Read more01 Mar 2018
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epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in European Union and European Economic Area countries, 2013 to 2017
Read more24 Jan 2018
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Parallel derivation of isogenic human primed and naive induced pluripotent stem cells.
Read more16 Jan 2018
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Distinctive roles of age, sex, and genetics in shaping transcriptional variation of human immune responses to microbial challenges.
Read more01 Oct 2017
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Fundamental niche prediction of the pathogenic yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Europe.
Read more29 Jun 2017
01 Jun 2017
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Predisposing factors and outcome of uncommon yeast species-related fungaemia based on an exhaustive surveillance programme (2002-14).
Read more01 May 2017
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The risk and clinical outcome of candidemia depending on underlying malignancy.
Read more11 Jan 2017
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The Case for Adopting the “Species Complex” Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis
Read more01 Nov 2016
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Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii around the Mediterranean basin.
Read more25 Jun 2016
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Ten-Year Experience of Cutaneous and/or Subcutaneous Infections Due to Coelomycetes in France
Read more01 Jun 2016
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Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii around the Mediterranean basin.
Read more01 Jan 2016
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Diversity of Pneumocystis jirovecii during Infection Revealed by Ultra-Deep Pyrosequencing.
Read more15 Oct 2015
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Whole genome sequencing to investigate an outbreak of mucormycosis in a burn unit
Read more01 Sep 2015
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Absence of Fungal Spore Internalization by Bronchial Epithelium in Mouse Models Evidenced by a New Bioimaging Approach and Transmission Electronic Microscopy.
Read more27 Aug 2015
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Prospective pilot study of high-dose (10 mg/kg/day) liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB) for the initial treatment of mucormycosis
Read more09 Jun 2015
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Cryptococcosis Serotypes Impact Outcome and Provide Evidence of Cryptococcus neoformans Speciation.
Read more11 May 2015
31 Mar 2015
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Cryptococcus neoformans host adaptation: toward biological evidence of dormancy
Read more01 Jul 2014
01 Jun 2014
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Misidentification of Saprochaete clavata as Magnusiomyces capitatus in clinical isolates: utility of internal transcribed spacer sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and importance of reliable databases.
Read more20 Jun 2013
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Flucytosine and cryptococcosis: time to urgently address the worldwide accessibility of a 50-year-old antifungal
Read more26 Sep 2012
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Estimating the burden of mucormycosis infections in France (2005-2007) through a capture-recapture method on laboratory and administrative data
Read more29 Mar 2012
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Experimental murine model of disseminated infection by Saksenaea vasiformis: successful treatment with posaconazole
Read more01 Feb 2012
01 Jan 2012
01 Nov 2011
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Imported acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related histoplasmosis in metropolitan France: a comparison of pre-highly active anti-retroviral therapy and highly active anti-retroviral therapy eras
Read more01 Nov 2011
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Prior caspofungin exposure in patients with hematological malignancies is a risk factor for subsequent fungemia due to decreased susceptibility in Candida spp.: a case-control study in Paris, France.
Read more10 Jun 2011
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Epidemiological trends in invasive aspergillosis in France: the SAIF network (2005-2007)
Read more01 Nov 2010
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Unrecognized pretransplant and donor‐derived cryptococcal disease in organ transplant recipients
Read more06 Oct 2010
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Molecular phylogeny and proposal of two new species of the emerging pathogenic fungus Saksenaea
Read more01 Sep 2010
17 Jun 2010
01 Feb 2010
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Clinical practice guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease: 2010 update by the infectious diseases society of america
Read more21 Jan 2010
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Genotyping of Candida albicans using length fragment and high-resolution melting analyses together with minisequencing of a polymorphic microsatellite locus
Read more15 Jan 2010
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Identifying predictors of central nervous system disease in solid organ transplant recipients with cryptococcosis
Read more28 Dec 2009
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Idiopathic CD4+ T-cell lymphocytopenia is associated with impaired membrane expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR4
Read more15 Dec 2009
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Coccidioidomycosis in a lung transplant recipient acquired from the donor graft in France
Read more01 Dec 2009
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Lipid formulations of amphotericin B significantly improve outcome in solid organ transplant recipients with central nervous system cryptococcosis
Read more23 Sep 2009
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Comparison of antifungal MICs for yeasts obtained using the EUCAST method in a reference laboratory and the Etest in nine different hospital laboratories
Read more16 Sep 2009
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Molecular and phenotypic evaluation of Lichtheimia corymbifera (formerly Absidia corymbifera) complex isolates associated with human mucormycosis: rehabilitation of L. ramosa
Read more01 Sep 2009
01 Dec 2008
15 Nov 2008
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Cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients: current state of the science
Read more20 Oct 2008
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Evidence of a role for monocytes in dissemination and brain invasion by Cryptococcus neoformans
Read more15 Sep 2008
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Central nervous system cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients: clinical relevance of abnormal neuroimaging findings
Read more01 Sep 2008
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Mutations in the fks1 gene in Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, and C. krusei correlate with elevated caspofungin MICs uncovered in AM3 medium using the method of the European Committee on Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing.
Read more01 Jul 2008
16 Apr 2008
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Cryptococcal neuroradiological lesions correlate with severity during cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in HIV-positive patients in the HAART era
Read more15 Jan 2008
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients: clinical relevance of serum cryptococcal antigen
Read more11 Jan 2008
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EUCAST definitive document EDef 7.1: method for the determination of broth dilution MICs of antifungal agents for fermentative yeasts
Read more10 Dec 2007
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Comparative in vitro activities of caspofungin and micafungin, determined using the method of the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, against yeast isolates obtained in France in 2005-2006
Read more10 Dec 2007
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Calcineurin inhibitor agents interact synergistically with antifungal agents in vitro against Cryptococcus neoformans isolates: correlation with outcome in solid organ transplant recipients with cryptococcosis
Read more01 Dec 2007
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Comparison of microsatellite length polymorphism and multilocus sequence typing for DNA-Based typing of Candida albicans.
Read more01 Dec 2007
01 Nov 2007
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Literature review and case histories of Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii infections in HIV-infected patients
Read more15 Aug 2007
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Prevalence, determinants of positivity, and clinical utility of cryptococcal antigenemia in Cambodian HIV-infected patients
Read more18 Jun 2007
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In vitro susceptibility to posaconazole of 1,903 yeast isolates recovered in France from 2003 to 2006 and tested by the method of the European committee on antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Read more28 Feb 2007
01 Feb 2007
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Determinants of disease presentation and outcome during cryptococcosis: the CryptoA/D study
Read more23 Jan 2007
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Cryptococcus neoformans in organ transplant recipients: impact of calcineurin-inhibitor agents on mortality
Read more14 Dec 2006
14 Nov 2006
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Long-term outcome of AIDS-associated cryptococcosis in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy
Read more16 Oct 2006
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Combination of amphotericin B with flucytosine is active in vitro against flucytosine-resistant isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans
Read more01 Jul 2006
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Results obtained with various antifungal susceptibility testing methods do not predict early clinical outcome in patients with cryptococcosis
Read more01 Jun 2006
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Unique hybrids between the fungal pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii
Read more01 Feb 2006
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Molecular identification of zygomycetes from culture and experimentally infected tissues
Read more31 Jan 2006
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Fluconazole for the management of invasive candidiasis: where do we stand after 15 years?
Read more01 Jan 2006
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Efficacy of amphotericin B in combination with flucytosine against flucytosine-susceptible or flucytosine-resistant isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans during disseminated murine cryptococcosis
Read more01 Jan 2006
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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-infected patients with disseminated histoplasmosis
Read more01 Dec 2005
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Deletions of endocytic components VPS28 and VPS32 affect growth at alkaline pH and virulence through both RIM101-dependent and RIM101-independent pathways in Candida albicans
Read more01 Sep 2005
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Breakthrough disseminated Aspergillus ustus infection in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients receiving voriconazole or caspofungin prophylaxis
Read more01 Jul 2005
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Incidence and risk factors of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome complicating HIV-associated cryptococcosis in France
Read more01 Jun 2005
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Cryptococcus neoformans Galactoxylomannan contains an epitope(s) that is cross-reactive with Aspergillus Galactomannan
Read more01 Apr 2005
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Evidence for human immunodeficiency virus and Cryptococcus neoformans interactions in the pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses in blood during AIDS-associated cryptococcosis
Read more01 Feb 2005
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The Yak1p kinase controls expression of adhesins and biofilm formation in Candida glabrata in a Sir4p-dependent pathway
Read more01 Feb 2005
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Capsule structure changes associated with Cryptococcus neoformans crossing of the blood-brain barrier
Read more01 Jun 2004
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Cryptococcus neoformans capsule structure evolution in vitro and during murine infection
Read more01 Apr 2004
01 Mar 2004
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In vitro evaluation of double and triple combinations of antifungal drugs against Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus terreus
Read more20 Feb 2004
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Epidemiology of HIV-associated cryptococcosis in France (1985-2001): comparison of the pre- and post-HAART eras
Read more01 Oct 2003
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In vitro interaction of flucytosine with conventional and new antifungals against Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates
Read more01 Jun 2003
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Multicenter evaluation of the reproducibility of the proposed antifungal susceptibility testing method for fermentative yeasts of the Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee of the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AFST-EUCAST)
Read more01 May 2003
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Antigenic and biological characteristics of mutant strains of Cryptococcus neoformans lacking capsular O acetylation or xylosyl side chains
Read more01 Mar 2003
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Effect of efflux inhibition on brain uptake of itraconazole in mice infected with Cryptococcus neoformans
Read more01 Mar 2003
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An outbreak of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis in members of a trekking trip in Martinique, French West Indies
Read more17 Jan 2003
01 Dec 2002
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Synthetic analogues of beta-1,2 oligomannosides prevent intestinal colonization by the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans
Read more01 Sep 2002
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The siderophore iron transporter of Candida albicans (Sit1p/Arn1p) mediates uptake of ferrichrome-type siderophores and is required for epithelial invasion
Read more02 Aug 2002
01 Aug 2002
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Isolation and characterization of capsule structure mutant strains of Cryptococcus neoformans
Read more01 May 2002
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Complete glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors are required in Candida albicans for full morphogenesis, virulence and resistance to macrophages
Read more01 Feb 2002
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Cryptococcal meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, serotype C, in AIDS patients in Soweto, South Africa
Read more01 Jan 2002
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Influence of gender and age on course of infection and cytokine responses in mice with disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection
Read more01 Oct 2001
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Cas1p is a membrane protein necessary for the O-acetylation of the Cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharide
Read more01 Apr 2001
01 Apr 2001
01 Feb 2001
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Susceptibilities of Cryptococcus neoformans strains to platelet binding in vivo and to the fungicidal activity of thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal proteins in vitro
Read more08 Dec 2000
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Immune mediators in cerebrospinal fluid during cryptococcosis are influenced by meningeal involvement and human immunodeficiency virus serostatus
Read more01 Jun 2000
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Administration of endotoxin associated with lipopolysaccharide tolerance protects mice against fungal infection
Read more01 Jun 2000
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Do kinetics of the humoral response to Cryptococcus neoformans proteins during murine cryptococcosis reflect outcome?
Read more01 Jan 2000
01 Dec 1999
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Cytokine profiles of AIDS patients are similar to those of mice with disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection
Read more01 Nov 1999
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Enhanced sensitivity of tumor necrosis factor/lymphotoxin-alpha-deficient mice to Cryptococcus neoformans infection despite increased levels of nitrite/nitrate, interferon-gamma, and interleukin-12
Read more01 Oct 1999
01 Jun 1999
01 Jun 1999
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Fluconazole, with or without dexamethasone for experimental cryptococcosis: impact of treatment timing
Read more01 Jan 1998
01 Oct 1997
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DNA typing suggests pigeon droppings as a source of pathogenic Cryptococcus neoformans serotype D
Read more15 Jul 1997
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Oral transmission of Candida albicans between partners in HIV-infected couples could contribute to dissemination of fluconazole-resistant isolates
Read more01 Jul 1996
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Epidemiology of cryptococcosis in France: a 9-year survey (1985-1993). French Cryptococcosis Study Group
Read more01 Jul 1996
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Individual and environmental factors associated with infection due to Cryptococcus neoformans serotype D. French Cryptococcosis Study Group
Read more01 May 1996
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Comparison of the efficacy of amphotericin B and fluconazole in the treatment of cryptococcosis in human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients: retrospective analysis of 83 cases. French Cryptococcosis Study Group
Read more01 Dec 1995
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Contribution of molecular typing methods and antifungal susceptibility testing to the study of a candidemia cluster in a burn care unit
Read more01 Apr 1995
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Trichoderma pseudokoningii as a cause of fatal infection in a bone marrow transplant recipient
Read more01 Apr 1995
01 Mar 1995
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Fluconazole concentrations in saliva from AIDS patients with oropharyngeal candidosis refractory to treatment with fluconazole
Read more01 Oct 1994
01 Sep 1994
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Molecular and idiotypic analysis of antibodies to Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan
Read more01 Feb 1993
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Serotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans by using a monoclonal antibody specific for capsular polysaccharide
Read more01 Jan 1992
01 Jan 1992
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Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from an Asian patient in France: evidence for dormant infection in healthy subjects
Read more01 May 1991
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Improved amphotericin B activity by a monoclonal anti-Cryptococcus neoformans antibody: study during murine cryptococcosis and mechanisms of action
Read more01 Nov 1990
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Improvement of amphotericin B activity during experimental cryptococcosis by incorporation into specific immunoliposomes
Read more01 Dec 1989
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Role of IgG and complement component C5 in the initial course of experimental cryptococcosis
Read more01 Jan 1988
01 Jan 1988
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Genetic control of the humoral response to cryptococcal capsular polysaccharide in mice
Read more01 Mar 1987
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Protection of mice against experimental cryptococcosis by anti-Cryptococcus neoformans monoclonal antibody
Read more01 Mar 1987
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