| 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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