Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Jo-Marie Vreulink, PhD student in the department of microbiology at Stellenbosch University, and colleagues ...

Large populations of potentially deadly cryptococcal fungi have been found on woody debris collected from old trees in two public areas in the centre of Cape Town and the Northern Cape, South Africa.

The cryptococci used in the experiment came from a patient who had died of the disease at the Philadelphia General Hospital in 1951. 6 (This stock culture was obtained through the courtesy of Dr.

A team from the University of Sheffield have shown that a particular white blood cell within the bird's blood system, called a macrophage, is able to completely block the growth of Cryptococci. London ...

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii have been found large numbers on trees in South Africa. Large populations of potentially deadly cryptococcal fungi have been found on woody debris ...

Cryptococcal fungi which are deadly infectious in nature, have been found in the woody debris of old trees in public recreational spaces in cape town, the Northern Cape, and South Africa. The findings ...