Meanings of fungal meningitis in English

The pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans causes fungal meningitis in immune-compromised patients.

Cryptococcus neoformans is the leading cause of fungal meningitis in humans.

They told her to be tested for possible fungal meningitis.

This airborne, opportunistic pathogen is profoundly neurotropic and the leading cause of fungal meningitis.

The state has so far reported one case of fungal meningitis likely caused by a tainted epidural steroid injection.

After a large outbreak of fungal meningitis was linked to tainted steroid injections, Lovelace's cause of death was revised.

The FDA has increased inspections after a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak several years ago brought the pharmacies to national attention.

The CDC said in a briefing that five people have died and 35 have been struck by fungal meningitis in six states.

Fractions from whole cranberry fruit were screened for inhibition of five Candida species and Cryptococcus neoformans, a causative agent of fungal meningitis.

The administration official's remarks added to pressure for congressional action as the number of fungal meningitis cases linked to contaminated spinal injections rose.

Patients who received the injections were at risk of developing fungal meningitis for at least a month after their last exposure, Schaffner said.

She faced hostile questioning by Republicans in Congress following a fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 that killed dozens of people and sickened hundreds more.

Tennessee has seen 49 patients with localized infections, most of whom also had fungal meningitis, Dr. John Dreyzehner, the state's health commissioner, said on Wednesday.

Health officials reported eight deaths and 105 cases of fungal meningitis stemming from compounded versions of a steroid injection used largely to treat back pain.

In a briefing for reporters, the CDC said five people had died so far and 35 had taken ill from fungal meningitis in six states.

The patient, who was started on the anti-fungal drug voriconazole, became the first documented case of a fungal meningitis outbreak linked to potentially tainted steroids.