@TECHREPORT{Gue_Det_2018, author = "Guerrero Martinez, Erika Yinett. - Moreno Mora, Eliana Julieth. - Carrascal Quintero, Kelly Jhoana.", title = "Determinación de cryptococcus neoformans y cryptococcus gattii a partir de aislados ambientales provenientes de los parques SANTANDER, MERCEDEZ ABREGO, JUANA RANGEL DE CUELLAR y FUENTE DE LEONES en el Municipio de SAN JOSÉ DE CUCUTA, NORTE DE SANTANDER, Colombia.", abstract = "The Criptococosis is an opportunistic mycosis, with predilection for the Central Nervous System. It affects immunosuppressed and immunocompetent individuals and has been related to the exposure of people to bird droppings, of which the urban pigeon (Columba livia) is the most important reservoir of the fungus. C. neoformans (serotype A) is the main etiological agent (95% cases), causing 99% of infections in patients with AIDS. In contrast, C. neoformans var. neoformans (serotype D) causes 5% of infections worldwide.", year = 2018, institution = "Universidad de Santander", url = "https://repositorio.udes.edu.co/handle/001/4157", }