Neurology India, July 1st, 2007
Fungal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a life-threatening disease. A variety of fungi cause infection of CNS - either an acute or chronic meningitis or space-occupying lesion [Table 1 ]. Acute or neutrophilic meningitis is most commonly seen in face=+Italic; Candidaface=-Italic; meningitis, while face=+Italic; Cryptococcus neoformansface=-Italic; classically cause chronic lymphocytic meningitis and face=+Italic; Coccidioides immitisface=-Italic; cause granulomatous meningitis. Though meningitis is the most common presentation of CNS mycoses, some of the filamentous fungi cause...
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