Fungus
papiliotrema laurentii
Definitions related to papiliotrema laurentii:
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(cryptococcus laurentii) Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Cryptococcus laurentii.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(cryptococcus laurentii) An encapsulated yeast in the phylum Basidiomycota. This species is spherical and elongate shaped, urease-positive, pseudohyphae- and nitrate-negative, does not ferment sugars, and assimilates glucose, galactose, maltose, sucrose, trehalose and lactose. C. laurentii is isolated from palm wine and may cause pulmonary and cutaneous infection and CAPD associated peritonitis in humans.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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