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cryptoccocosis

cryptoccocosis is the misspelling of cryptococcosis.

Meaning of cryptococcosis

Noun

cryptococcosis (countable and uncountable, plural cryptococcoses)

  1. A serious and potentially fatal fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex, believed to be acquired by inhalation of the infectious propagule from the environment.
    • The potential for use of terbafine as a combination agent with another antifungal drug for the treatment of cryptococcosis and invasive mould disease is exciting.2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108

Questions about cryptoccocosis

What is cryptoccocosis the misspelling of?
Cryptoccocosis is the misspelling of cryptococcosis.

Words near cryptoccocosis in the dictionary

  1. cryptobros
  2. cryptocandin
  3. cryptocapsin
  4. cryptocaryonosis
  5. cryptocaryosis
  6. cryptoccocosis
  7. cryptocelid
  8. cryptocelids
  9. cryptocephal
  10. cryptocephaline
  11. cryptocercid

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