“…neoformans, which has a strong association between the variety and the immune host status 36,85 . In Brazil, as occurs in other countries, cryptococcosis rates by gattii species in patients with AIDS are lower than the population, with other underlying diseases, or even without immunodepression, a data consistent with the worldwide literature 6,13,26,74,77,78,79,83,97 . PAULA et al 69 in a study of the cryptococcosis agent, in 40 cases not associated to infection by HIV, demonstrated the proportion of gattii of about 33% while in AIDS patients this rate is below 1% 51,58,62 .…”