Cryptococcosis: A Garded Mycosis Threat

摘要

Cryptococcosis is an important cosmopolitan, infectious, mycotic disease of man and animals caused by the yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans which exists as saprobe in the environment. The disease is also known as Busse Buschke?s disease, European blastomycosis or Torulosis. The disease was considered as sleeping disease in older days became an awakening giant in present era. It is predicted that for every million patients with AIDS, 50,000-1,00,000 will contract cryptococcosis. Moreover, cryptococcosis is difficult to eradicate because of lack of data on the prevalence of infection in specific areas sporodic nature of the disease and occurance in severe immunosuppression status.