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Martin Pistorius, a 47-year-old man, from Johannesburg, South Africa, came back from school, suffering from a sore throat condition.
He revealed that he was aware of important events happening in the world by listening to the TV or people speaking around him.
Cryptococcal meningitis is a fungal infection affecting the coverings of the brain (meninges). It is rare in healthy persons and affects those with poor immunity such as AIDS patients or on immunosuppressive treatments.
A group of international mycology experts led by Professor Dr Oliver A. Cornely at the University of Cologne has jointly drafted a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis, which aims at improving infection management and thus the survival rate of patients.
Researchers investigate the mechanism responsible for amphotericin B tolerance of Cryptococcus neoformans.