07/27/10 (People Port) A fungus linked to people with T-cell deficiencies, Cryptococcus neoformans (C.neoformans ), Cousin C gattii is infecting people with good T-cells. The CDC report points out, It is rear, 60 infections since 2004, it can kill. It gets into the lungs, brain, tissue giving you a cough.
Shortness of breath, headache, fever, weight loss. You would need to see a doctor. It is turning up in the Pacific Nortwest. Cryptococcus is a pest of stump water, pigeon, chicken droppings. Not part of man's normal microbial flora. Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis can cause 100% fatalities.
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