What Underlying Infection Should a Physician Immediately Suspect When Confronted

question 64

Multiple Choice

What underlying infection should a physician immediately suspect when confronted with a patient with confirmed cryptococcal meningoencephalitis, and why?

• A) Influenza infection. The 2 viruses are often transmitted together in respiratory droplets.
• B) HIV infection. People with normal immune systems generally fend off this fungal infection before it becomes clinically symptomatic.
• C) Varicella zoster virus (chicken pox). During the incubation period for chicken pox, and during its latency, C. neoformans has an increased ability to colonize the respiratory tract.
• D) Syphilis. This sexually-transmitted illness depletes CD4+ helper T cells that are necessary to directly attack the fungal infection of C. neoformans.

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