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the fungus is often fatal if it infects the nervous system where it causes an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meningitis ).
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What happens if cryptococcosis is not treated?
Untreated cryptococcosis is always fatal.
Fungal infection associated with AIDS involves brain and meninges lungs and skin?
Cryptococcosis
What has the author M L Littman written?
M. L. Littman has written: 'Cryptococcosis, torulosis or European blastomycosis' -- subject(s): Cryptococcosis
Are ferrets prone to cryptococcosis?
Ferrets are quite susceptible to Cryptococcus gattii, which is a genus of fungus. These fungi grow in culture as yeasts. Cryptococcosis, or cryptococcal disease, is a potentially fatal fungal disease.
Who is suseptible to cryptococcosis?
It is one of the diseases most often affecting AIDS patients.
What disease can be caused by inhaled bird feces?
Cryptococcosis, sarcoidosis, and histoplasmosis are the main infections.
What part of the body is affected by cryptococcosis?
It is one of the diseases most often affecting AIDS patients.
What are the diseases caused by fungi?
Candidiasis Cryptococcosis Titea pedis Tinea captis Tinea corporis Histoplasmosis Blastomycosis Coccidiodomycosis Tinea Barbae Thrush
How is cryptococcosis diagnosed?
The preferred methods of diagnosis use simple and very accurate blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests that detect the presence of an antigen produced by the fungus.
How is yeast harmful?
Some forms of yeast can infect the body and cause damage. These are known as pathogenic yeasts.Candida yeasts can penetrate the mucous membrane of humans, causing irritation. Some can even infect the bloodstream, causing fungemia, usually in people with compromised or weakened immune systems.Cryptococcus neoformans is another type of yeast that can affect those with weakened immune systems, most often in people with AIDS. It can cause cryptococcosis. Cryptococcosis is often fatal.
How serious is serious?
seriously serious
What is the comparative and superlative of the word serious?
more serious, most serious
