Original Article

Cryptococcosis of the Central Nervous System: Four Cases Treated with Amphotericin B

Authors: GEORGE W. SMITH, M.D., JAMES A. KEMP, M.D., W EDMUND FARRAR, JR., M.D., JOHN W. KEMBLE, M.D., DeSAUSSURE F. PHILPOT, JR., M.D.

Abstract

This fungal infection of the central nervous system is being found with increasing frequency. About a half of the reported cases have been found since 1951. The antibiotic Amphorericin B holds promise as the best therapeutic agent found to date.

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