infection

Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal of mainly the lungs, presenting as a , and in the brain, where it appears as a . Coughing, difficulty breathing, chest pain and fever are seen when the lungs are infected. When the brain is infected, symptoms include headache, fever, neck pain, and vomiting, light sensitivity and confusion or changes in behavior. It can also affect other parts of the body including skin, where it may appear as several fluid-filled with dead .

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Lung: Cough, difficulty breathing, chest pain and fever.
·Brain: Headache, fever, neck pain, , vomiting, light sensitivity, confusion, change in behaviour.
·Skin: with dead .

Causes — why it happens

·Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptococcus gattii

How it's found

Treatment

·Antifungal medication

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