Cryptococcal meningitis
Findings
No curated finding names Cryptococcal meningitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Meningeal inflammation produced by cryptococcus neoformans, an encapsulated yeast that tends to infect individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and other immunocompromised states. The organism enters the body through the respiratory tract, but symptomatic infections are usually limited to the lungs and nervous system. The organism may also produce parenchymal brain lesions (torulomas). Clinically, the course is subacute and may feature headache; nausea; photophobia; focal neurologic deficits; seizures; cranial neuropathies; and hydrocephalus. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp721-2)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005723), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: Cryptococcal meningitis
- Also called
- Cryptococcus neoformans caused infectious meningitisCryptococcus neoformans infectious meningitis