C. neoformans causes fungal meningitis and pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals; meningitis is the most frequent manifestation, arising from often asymptomatic pulmonary infections.
In immunocompromised individuals, C. neoformans can cause fungal meningitis and fungal pneumonia. Meningoencephalitis is the most common manifestation, occurring after dissemination from often asymptomatic lung infections.
| Front | C.neoformans → (2) diseases caused in immunocompromised individuals |
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| Back | Fungal meningitis Fungal pneumonia Meningoencephalitis is the most common clinical manifestation of cryptococcal disease → initial site of inoculation with Cryptococcus is the lung → meningitis happens after yeast disseminate → patients present more often with cryptococcal meningitis because many cryptococcal lung infections are asymptomatic |
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