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Meningitis and Meningoencephalitis

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Fungal meningitis and meningoencephalitis are unusual diagnoses that are associated with significant neurological morbidity and mortality. Due to difficulty in making this diagnosis, recognition of this entity can be delayed. Common causative of fungal meningitis include Candida spp., Cryptococcus spp., Aspergillus spp., Coccidioides immitis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Mucorales. Awareness of the common fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS) and their treatment are important for any clinician treating infections of the CNS.

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Abbreviations

AIDS:

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

CNS:

Central nervous system

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

HIV:

Human immunodeficiency virus

ICU:

Intensive care unit

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    Alexa Bodman & Walter A. Hall

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  2. Department of Pathology, Basavatarakam Indo-American Hospital & Research Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Avicenne Military Hospital, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Marrakech, Morocco

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Bodman, A., Hall, W.A. (2019). Meningitis and Meningoencephalitis. In: Turgut, M., Challa, S., Akhaddar, A. (eds) Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06088-6_17

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