case report of cryptococcal meningitis

ABSTRACT

Case of cryptococcal meningitis is reported in a 26 year old man by the Medical Mycology Department of the School of Public Health, Tehran University. The patient with the symptom of meningitis was admitted to the hospital with the symptom of meningitis was admitted to the hospital. Lumbar puncture was performed in the hospital. After direct examination and culture of cerebrospinal fluid, Cryptococcus neoformans were isolated