Meningitis is an infection affecting the membranes that line the skull and spinal cord. Cryptococcal meningitis is a type of meningitis caused by a fungus called Cryptococcus. This type of meningitis ...

As a result of a large randomized, controlled trial (and experience during the first 15 years of the AIDS epidemic), standard guidelines for treatment of cryptococcal meningitis recommend 2 weeks of ...

This double-blind trial enrolled adults with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Uganda, and Malawi. All patients received combination antifungal therapy of ...

Experts aim to halve the number of deaths from a type of meningitis by changing drug treatment as a result of a new medical study. The fungal infection cryptococcal meningitis is responsible for more ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Cryptococcal meningitis caused an estimated 15% of ...

International HIV experts have reported approximately 250,000 fungal meningitis cases annually, in the AIDS report, sub-Saharan Africa contributing 73% of cases. This photomicrograph depicts ...

Hopes that tamoxifen could improve survival for a deadly form of fungal meningitis have been dashed by clinical trial results published in eLife. The study finds that adding tamoxifen to standard ...

Several immune cells help fungi infect the brain and cause meningitis when they should be doing the exact opposite. From the University of Sydney, researchers investigate the immune system’s ...

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii have been found large numbers on trees in South Africa. Large populations of potentially deadly cryptococcal fungi have been found on woody debris ...

Cryptococcus is a yeast, which is a kind of fungus. This yeast infects those with poor immunity, like people with HIV. Cryptococcus has a liking for the nervous system, and it often causes meningitis ...