Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
Synonyms
Central Nervous System Mycoses
Fungal Infections, Central Nervous System
Infections, Fungal, Central Nervous System
Mycoses, Central Nervous System
MYCOSES of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges which may result in ENCEPHALITIS; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MYELITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; and EPIDURAL ABSCESS. Certain types of fungi may produce disease in immunologically normal hosts, while others are classified as opportunistic pathogens, causing illness primarily in immunocompromised individuals (e.g., ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME).