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cryptococcus, cutaneous on the hand, cryptococcosis on the forehead, cryptococcosis, rare fungal infection, inhaling the fungus, cryptococcus neoformans, cryptococcus neoformans, fungus that causes, ordinarily found in soil, once inhaled, infection, cryptococcosis, heal on its own, remain localized, in the lungs, spread throughout the body, disseminate, most cases occur in people whose resistance to infection is lowered, by hiv infection, high doses of corticosteroid medications, cancer chemotherapy, hodgkin's disease, normal immune systems, pulmonary, lung, form, have no symptoms, impaired immune systems, cryptococcus organism, spread, brain, onset of neurological symptoms is gradual, majority of people, condition have meningoencephalitis, swelling, irritation, the brain, spinal cord, time of diagnosis, cryptococcus is one, the most common life-threatening fungal infections in aids patients, chest pain, dry cough, headache, nausea, confusion, blurred vision, double vision, diplopia, fatigue, fever, unusual, excessive sweating at night, glands, swollen, nearby areas appearing infected, red, painful, swollen, prolonged bleeding, bruising, skin rash present, skin rash, lesion, pinpoint red spots, petechiae, bleeding, skin, bruises, ecchymoses, unintentional weight loss, appetite, loss, abdominal fullness prematurely after meals, abdominal pain, abdomen, swollen, weakness, bone pain, tenderness, the breastbone, sternum, numbness, tingling, nerve pain, pain, along the path of a specific nerve, pain, along a nerve root, major pathway, spinal cord, in individuals, normal immune systems there no symptoms, sputum culture, stain, lung biopsy, bronchoscopy, csf culture, stain, chest x-ray, infections, require no treatment, medical observation should continue, year to detect any progression, pulmonary lesions, disease spreads, antifungal medications, agents prolonged, medications, amphotericin b, flucytosine, fluconazole, central nervous system involvement often has a fatal outcome, leads to permanent damage, relapse of infection, meningitis, permanent brain, nerve damage, side effects of medications, amphotericin b, severe, symptoms develop, suggestive of cryptococcosis, have an impaired immune system, minimize doses of corticosteroid medications, safer sex practices reduce the risk of acquiring hiv, subsequent opportunistic infections associated, a weakened immune system.