Consensus multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii

…, F Hagen, S Kaocharoen, AP Litvintseva… - Medical …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
This communication describes the consensus multi-locus typing scheme established by the
Cryptococcal Working Group I (Genotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii) of the …

Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

…, B Jackson, T Chiller, AP Litvintseva - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes invasive infections, was
first described in 2009 in Japan and has since been reported from several countries. …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic insights into multidrug-resistance, mating and virulence in Candida auris and related emerging species

…, P Juieng, EL Berkow, RA Farrer, AP Litvintseva… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Candida auris is an emergent multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen causing increasing
reports of outbreaks. While distantly related to C. albicans and C. glabrata, C. auris is closely …

[HTML][HTML] Endemic and other dimorphic mycoses in the Americas

…, M Toda, K Benedict, DH Caceres, AP Litvintseva - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Endemic fungi are thermally dimorphic fungi that have a limited geographic range and can
cause both primary disease and opportunistic infections. The Americas are home to more …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus neoformans strains and infection in apparently immunocompetent patients, China

J Chen, A Varma, MR Diaz, AP Litvintseva… - Emerging infectious …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To determine the population structure of the cryptococcosis agents in China, we analyzed the
genotype of 120 Cryptococcus neoformans and 9 Cryptococcus gattii strains isolated from …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid global expansion of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis into declining and healthy amphibian populations

TY James, AP Litvintseva, R Vilgalys… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The fungal disease chytridiomycosis, caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is
enigmatic because it occurs globally in both declining and apparently healthy (non-declining) …

Tracing the evolutionary history and global expansion of Candida auris using population genomic analyses

…, CH Heath, O Kurzai, R Martin, AP Litvintseva… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida auris has emerged globally as a multidrug-resistant yeast that can spread via
nosocomial transmission. An initial phylogenetic study of isolates from Japan, India, Pakistan, …

Valley Fever: Finding New Places for an Old Disease: Coccidioides immitis Found in Washington State Soil Associated With Recent Human Infection

AP Litvintseva, N Marsden-Haug, S Hurst… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We used real-time polymerase chain reaction and culture to demonstrate persistent colonization
of soils by Coccidioides immitis, an agent of valley fever, in Washington State linked to …

[PDF][PDF] Invasive pathogens threaten species recovery programs

SF Walker, J Bosch, TY James, AP Litvintseva… - Current Biology, 2008 - cell.com
Captive breeding and re-introduction is integral to the recovery of many threatened species [1],
but such practices carry an associated risk of introducing exotic and potentially unknown …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Diversity of the Cryptococcus Species Complex Suggests that Cryptococcus gattii Deserves to Have Varieties

…, F Gilgado, J Faganello, AP Litvintseva… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The Cryptococcus species complex contains two sibling taxa, Cryptococcus neoformans
and Cryptococcus gattii. Both species are basidiomycetous yeasts and major pathogens of …