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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Fungus | Cryptococcosis | 1 Cryptococcal Meningitis | 9A1 Cryptococcus (Case 9) 2
A 51 year old previously healthy patient with a 7 month history of cryptococcal meningitis which was treated with long term amphotericin and fluorocytosine unsuccessfully. Examination at autopsy demonstrated active disease, although the distribution was strikingly patchy (arrow, #9A2). Large numbers of organisms were present in the autopsy specimen.
