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Cryptococcus

Known as: cryptococcal, Torula, Torula Pers. 
A genus of fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota that grows in culture as an encapsulated yeast. Its sexual form is called Filobasidiella and its asexual… 
National Institutes of Health

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CDISC SDTM Microorganism TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyCryptococcus neoformans Ab:ACnc:Pt:Ser:QnCryptococcus neoformans Ab:Titr:Pt:Ser:Qn

Narrower (2)

Cryptococcus neoformansCryptococcus stepposus

Broader (1)

Yeasts

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Dietary selenium reduces the formation of aberrant crypts in rats administered 3,2'-dimethyl-4-aminobiphenyl.
Human epidemiologic studies suggest that low selenium status is associated with increased cancer risk and that selenium… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Selective elevation of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in the cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients with cytomegalovirus encephalitis.
The CC chemokine monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) was markedly elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of human… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Serum concentrations of nitrite in patients with HIV-1 infection.
AIMS: To measure circulating concentrations of nitrite in patients with HIV-1 infection. METHODS: Nitrite concentrations were… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Emergence of cryptococcal disease: epidemiologic perspectives 100 years after its discovery.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
DNA amplification by the polymerase chain reaction for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Comparison of protocols involving three mycobacterial DNA sequences, IS6110, 65 kDa antigen, and…
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Fluconazole for life-threatening fungal infections in patients who cannot be treated with conventional antifungal agents.
Fluconazole therapy was evaluated prospectively in patients with serious fungal infections who failed to respond to or could not… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Effect of selenium on rat growth, growth hormone and diet utilization.
Female rats were fed a selenium-deficient diet composed of Torula yeast, sucrose, vitamins (including tocopheryl acetate) and… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Some effects of selenium deficiency on the hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 system in the rat.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Thermophilic fungi in a municipal waste compost system.
SUMMARYA high-rate municipal compost system was systematically sampled during the digestion period for the presence of… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Relation of glucose tolerance factor to impaired intravenous glucose tolerance of rats on stock diets.
Intravenous glucose tolerance tests were made on male Sprague-Dawley rats, raised on different diets. Two natural diets (McCollum… 
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