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Types of fungal infection of the nervous system

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The main types of fungal infection of the nervous system are:

  • cryptococcosis:
    • meningitis
    • brain abscesses

  • mucormycosis:
    • usually a fungal cerebral vasculitis

  • candidiasis:
    • abscesses of varying size are most common
    • meningitis
    • ependymitis

  • aspergillosis:
    • brain and spinal cord abscesses and granulomata
    • does not cause meningitis

  • coccidiomycosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis and actinomycosis:
    • meningitis

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