Complete Information on Cryptococcosis
Posted on June 29, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Cryptococcal meningitis (infection of the brain) is believed to result from dissemination of the fungus from either an observed or unappreciated pulmonary infection.
Cryptococcosis is a rare fungal infection caused by inhaling the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Cryptococcus is present around the world, but infection was relatively rare until the AIDS epidemic began. Cryptococcosis is the cause of the most common life-threatening meningitis in AIDS. In the United States, 6-10% of all patients with AIDS get cryptococcosis. Cryptococcus gattii causes infections in immunocompetent people (those having a functioning immune system).
