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 ...

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 ...

Worldwide, cryptococcal meningitis kills up to 180,000 persons annually and is the most common cause of nonviral meningitis in the United States. Besides patients with immunosuppression due to human ...

A common first-line treatment approach for cryptococcal meningitis in low-income countries is being compromised by the emergence of drug resistance, new University of Liverpool research warns.

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 ...

Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–related death in sub-Saharan Africa. Whether a treatment regimen that includes a single high dose of liposomal ...

A team of University of Minnesota Medical School researchers successfully tested a new antifungal therapy to treat fungal meningitis. The trial results were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

A common first-line treatment approach for cryptococcal meningitis in low-income countries is being compromised by the emergence of drug resistance, new University of Liverpool research warns.

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 ...

Crytococcal meningitis is a deadly invasive fungal infection which affects hundreds of thousands of HIV patients in the late stage of their disease every year. Crytococcal meningitis is a deadly ...

Greater diagnostic testing for cryptococcal meningitis could help avert 135,000 deaths a year in Africa, writes Edith Magak.[LILONGWE, Malawi] A persistent headache nearly killed Elube. It took ...