Cryptococcus neoformans
Pairs
prepineal - bladder
prepineal - prepineal
ray bulb - descending colon
preauricular - bladder
Generalities:
It infects the central nervous system, causing Seizure disorder, headache, encephalitis,edema. It can be deadly if it attacks immunodeficient.
Check pair tongue - tongue.
Cryptococcosis is an acute systemic mycosis that begins with mild and moderate respiratory manifestations. Causes problems for immunosuppressed people: AIDS patients, Hodking, Leukemia, Diabetes, etc.
Since it is a systemic disease, it can cause skin disorders, in the respiratory tract (pulmonary cryptococcosis and atypical acute pneumonia), in the nervous system (meningitis, encephalitis) and damage the liver and kidneys. Cryptococcus grows rapidly under gamma radiation.
Transmission
By animal excrement (pigeons) by respiratory tract.