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

Cryptococcal meningitis often does not have Babinski signs, so it can be hard to diagnose.

From Scientific American

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

From The Guardian

Cryptococcal meningitis causes very severe headaches.

From The Guardian

Instead, it leaves the body exposed to dangerous bacterial infections such as tuberculosis or pneumonia as well as fungi that can cause cryptococcal meningitis.

From BBC