Abstract
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by inhalation of propagules or spores of the etiologic agent Cryptococcus gattii or Cryptococcus neoformans. The C. gattii species affects mainly immunocompetent individuals, while C. neoformans, the immunocompromised ones, being responsible for fungal meningitis in a high number of adults with HIV. The pathogens C. neoformans and…