There are more than 60 different species of opossum, which are often called possums. The most notable is the Virginia opossum or common opossumâthe only marsupial (pouched mammal) found in the United States and Canada. A female opossum gives birth to helpless young as tiny as honeybees.
Disseminated cryptococcosis, particularly with peritonitis, is an uncommon manifestation of Cryptococcus neoformans infection. Liver cirrhosis serves as a risk factor for disseminated disease in HIV-negative patients.
C. neoformans can also disseminate via blood or lymph elsewhere in the body (7). In some instances of immunocompromised people, the infection of cryptococcosis is fatal (7,9). There are three main types of Cryptococcus that cause disease: C. gattii, C. grubii, and C. neoformans.