Cryptococcal meningitis unmasking idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia.

from the fourth to sixth month. The antifungal treatment lasted for six months. He is under our follow-up for the past one year and he made complete neurological recovery. Fungi are common in the environment, but only a few are pathogenic. In general, fungi are organisms of low pathogenicity, emerging as opportunistic organisms thriving in a compromised host, however, some will infect even normal hosts.[1-3] In the nervous system, the infection can be found in the cerebral parenchyma, the meninges or the vascular system.[1] Fungal infection as an etiology of brain abscess is common in immunosuppressed patients either due to systemic illness or due to drugs.[4] Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common human pathogen in the genus Aspergillus. It has branching septate hyphae varying from 4-12 mm in width, which show dichotomous branching and produce numerous spores on the tips of long conidiophores.[1] Aspergillosis is diagnosed on direct examinations and culture, however, the diagnosis of aspergillosis of the central nervous system (CNS) is difficult. In purulent Letters to Editor