Cryptococcosis | Properties | Transmission | Clinical | Diagnosis | Treatment

Cryptococcosis | Properties | Transmission | Clinical | Diagnosis | Treatment

#mycology #microbiology #fungi #cryptococcus #fungalinfection #treatment #meningitis #oppertunisticinfection Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus that lives in the environment throughout the world. People can become infected with C. neoformans after breathing in the microscopic fungus, although most people who are exposed to the fungus never get sick from it. C. neoformans infections are rare in people who are otherwise healthy; most cases occur in people who have weakened immune systems, particularly those who have advanced HIV/AIDS. Symptoms of cryptococcosis depend on where the fungus infects you. Lung infections can cause pneumonia-like symptoms, and central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) infections can cause meningitis-like symptoms. Disseminated cryptococcosis causes symptoms in many parts of your body.