The improved prognosis of cryptococcal meningitis with amphotericin B therapy.

Excerpt Cryptococcal meningitis is the most frequent cause of mycotic meningitis in man, accounting for about 10 per cent of the 300 to 400 fatal mycoses reported annually in the United States (1)....

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