Abstract
Cryptococcosis is a systemic infection caused by the encapsulated yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans, which primarily affects immunocompromised individuals, and C. gattii, which mainly impacts immunocompetent individuals. The infection typically begins with the inhalation of these yeasts or spores from their teleomorphic phase, specifically Filobasidiella neoformans and Filobasidiella bacilli…