The lucid clinical and laboratory study of cryptococcal meningitis presented elsewhere in this issue of the Journal deserves careful consideration. Some of the now outdated clinical axioms ...

Cryptococcal meningitis is a potentially deadly infection of the protective lining of the brain and spinal cord (the meninges) caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans).

Cryptococcal ... meningitis appear similar to those for diseases that have received greater public health attention. The diagnosis of CM require a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) smear, cryptococcal ...