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Definition Cryptococcosis occurs most often in persons who are immunosuppressed, especially individuals who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; see Chapter 358 ). Meningoencephalitis is the most common clinical manifestation, but the lungs and other organs can be involved…
Nocardia is a genus of aerobic actinomycetes responsible for localized or disseminated infections in animals and humans. The genus is named after Edmond Nocard, who in 1888 described the isolation of an aerobic actinomycete from cattle with bovine farcy. The…