cryptococcosis

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English[edit]

Cryptococcus, the fungus that causes cryptococcosis
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Etymology[edit]

cryptococcus +‎ -osis

Noun[edit]

cryptococcosis (countable and uncountable, plural cryptococcoses)

  1. (pathology) A serious and potentially fatal fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex, believed to be acquired by inhalation of the infectious propagule from the environment.
    • 2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108:
      The potential for use of terbafine as a combination agent with another antifungal drug for the treatment of cryptococcosis and invasive mould disease is exciting.

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