cryptococcal meningitis

American  

noun

1. a form of meningitis resulting from opportunistic infection by a cryptococcus fungus, occurring in persons who are immunodeficient.

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Example Sentences

DNDi tackles diseases that proliferate in parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America including Dengue fever, malaria, pediatric HIV, hepatitis C, and cryptococcal meningitis.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

For my uncle’s particular infection – cryptococcal meningitis – there was a drug called Fluconazole.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2020

Used to treat cryptococcal meningitis, flucytosine costs $2,000 a day in the United States, versus $22 a day in Britain.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2016

The progress against cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal infection of the brain, has been especially striking.

From Time Magazine Archive