Cryptococcus neoformans: Brain Preference, Gender Bias, and Interactions with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Toxoplasma gondii in HIV-Positive Patients
Crypto-CNS in HIV-positive patients mainly affects men and may be promoted by concomitant or recent tuberculosis. <i>T. gondii</i> may confer some protection even at low immune levels but increases mortality when immunity is critically low.
Authors
- Cătălin Tilişcan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-7444)
- Ruxandra Moroti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4453-3752)
- Dragoş Florea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7328-6861)
- Georgiana Neagu
- Adriana Hristea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6505-1699)
- Șerban Benea
- Irina Penescu
Institutions
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest (RO)
- National Research Development Institute for Animal Biology and Nutrition (RO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microorganisms
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13030481
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35