Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31765991›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2019

A titanic drug resistance threat in Cryptococcus neoformans.

Hanna Zafar, Sophie Altamirano, Elizabeth R Ballou, Kirsten Nielsen

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Insights from Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics onJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  18. Unveiling new features of the human pathogenComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hanna ZafarInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Sophie AltamiranoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455 USA.
Elizabeth R BallouInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. Electronic address: e.r.ballou@bham.ac.uk.
Kirsten NielsenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455 USA. Electronic address: knielsen@umn.edu.

Funding

Training Research Educators in Minnesota (TREM) whilst increasing diversityK12GM119955 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI David Irwin Greenstein, Julia Willett · 2017 to 2026
$6.5M
Impact of Cryptococcus Titan Cells on Pathogenesis.R01AI134636 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Kirsten Nielsen · 2018 to 2026
$4.6M
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/R001472/1NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134636NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM119955Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 211241/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing resistance to frontline antifungals is a growing threat to global health. In the face of high rates of relapse for patients with cryptococcal meningitis and frequent drug resistance in clinical isolates, recent insights into Cryptococcus neoformans morphogenesis and genome plasticity take on new and urgent meaning. Here we review the state of the understanding of mechanisms of drug resistance in the context of host-relevant changes in Cryptococcus morphology and cell ploidy.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, Multiple, FungalAntifungal AgentsCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansHumansMeningitis, CryptococcalMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRespiratory Tract InfectionsAntifungal Agents

Identifiers

PMID31765991
PMCPMC6941473

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