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Cryptococcus
Medical Definition: | A mitosporic Tremellales fungal genus whose species usually have a capsule and do not form pseudomycellium. Teleomorphs include Filobasidiella and Fidobasidium. |
Guide Notes: | infection = CRYPTOCOCCOSIS |
Cryptococcus neoformans - A species of the fungus Cryptococcus, which causes CRYPTOCOCCOSIS. Its teleomorph is Filobasidiella neoformans. |
Cryptococcus Medical Definitions and Terms
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