Abstract
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the encapsulated yeasts that cause cryptococcosis. Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal disease characterized by affecting immunocompromised (mainly C. neoformans) and immunocompetent (mainly C. gattii) individuals, affecting the lower respiratory tract and often later, the central nervous system. Antifungal treatment is aggressive, toxic…