Pathogenesis of Cryptococal Meningitis: How an Environment Fungas Adapts to the Host
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the global importance of cryptococcal meningitis, particularly to those living with HIV/AIDS.
- Recognize that environmental fungal pathogens must adapt to the host environment to cause disease.
- Understand the role of adaptation to host carbon dioxide concentrations as a virulence trait for Cryptococcus.