When most people think about serious infections, their minds turn to bacteria or viruses. Fungi, by contrast, have long ...

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 ...

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Daveigh Chase, the young actress best known for "The Ring" and "Lilo & Stitch," has reportedly died at 35 from meningitis and an infection in her blood, her boyfriend Roy Hernandez told TMZ.

An outbreak of invasive bacterial meningitis at the University of Kent has left two people dead and 11 seriously ill in hospital, prompting the UK Health Security Agency to distribute antibiotics to ...

Cryptococcal meningitis is classically associated with immunocompromised states such as HIV/AIDS, organ transplantation, or chronic corticosteroid use. However, it can rarely present in ...

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Dar es Salaam / Lilongwe / Geneva — 15 April 2025 — A new, easier-to-administer and patient-friendly sustained-release formulation of flucytosine, a medicine used to treat cryptococcal meningitis, has ...

Caused by Cryptococcus fungi, a fungus ubiquitous in nature, cryptococcal meningitis specifically attacks people with suppressed immune systems. It is likely that your brother has meningitis caused by ...

Introduction: We report the case of a heart transplant patient on chronic immunosuppression diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis. Up to 5% of solid organ transplant patients develop cryptococcosis, ...