The infection is caused by inhaling yeasts or spores. The fungus is not transmitted from person to person or from animal to person. A person with cryptococcal disease is not contagious.
Cryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus neoformans
Aspergillus tubingensis
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Talaromyces marneffei
Candida parapsilosis
Mycobacterium canetti
Mycoplasma incognitus