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What is the drug of choice in treating fungal meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoforman?
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Amphotericin B.
We can combine this Amphotericin B with Flucystosine or Fluconazole to get a synergistic effect.
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What disease is caused by cryptococcus neoformans?
cryptococcal meningitis
What diesase is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans?
Cryptococcus neoformans is part of normal micro-flora in the GIT of birds, but it can cause fungal meningitis in human.
What type of microbe causes meningitis?
Meningitis is most often caused by bacteria, but also can be a viral meningitis or, rarely, caused by a fungus.
What is spirilla meningitis?
This is a type of meningitis caused by the bacteria spirillum serpens.
Can you get spinal meningitis from shaken baby syndrome?
Meningitis is caused by a bacteria or a virus.
What is meningitis and how can you get it?
It means an inflammation of the meninges. The meninges are the covering of the brain and spinal cord. They can swell and harm the cord and the brain. It is very serious. It can be caused by a bacteria or a virus.
Two disease caused by bacteria in humans?
meningitis
What type of microbe is meningitis?
Bacterical Meningitis refers to the condition where the meninges, or outer membrane of the brain and spinal cord, are inflamed due to a bacterical infection. As such, it can potentially be caused by a number of different pathogens. However, the most common bacteria involved in the developed world are Streptococcus pnuemoniae and Neisseria meningitidis.Other culprits indentified in bacterical meningitis case have included Listeria monosytogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, and Haemophilus influenzae as well.Also keep in mind, bacterial meningitis is not an isolated illness, but is often a sign of a systemic bacterial infection - an infection that has spread throughout the entire body. An infection that has progressed to the point on invading the cetral nervous system can result in septicemia and death if the patient does not receive prompt medical attention.
Is meningitis single celled?
[From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis ]Meningitis is a medical condition that is caused by inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges.So meningitis is not single celled, because meningitis itself isn't a bacteria or virus, but the resulting swelling caused by any number of things; of which can be bacterial or viral.
Is Meningitis caused by a bacteria or a virus?
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, a protective coating in your body that defends your spinal nerves and brain. The inflammation is caused when some infection attacks the meninges. Meningitis is generally sorted into two main types: Bacterial and Viral. The difference, of course, being that one is caused by a bacterial infection, and one is caused by a viral infection. There aren't really any infections that specifically cause meningitis. It's normally caused by some other infection that works its way into the meninges. However, meningitis can also be caused by various fungi, parasites, allergies to drugs, chemicals, and tumors. Though these are much less common than the bacterial and viral variants.
What injury is mostly caused by meningitis?
i think hearing loss
What type of meningitis is the most difficult to treat?
The most serious and difficult-to-treat types of meningitis tend to be those caused by bacteria.
