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.
: widely dispersed in a tissue, organ, or the entire body disseminated gonococcal disease â¦ overt disease sets in, first as chronic infections of the skin and mucous membranes and then as disseminated, systemic infections.âRobert R. Redfield et al., Scientific American, October 1988âsee acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.