title: Isolation of Candida viswanathii from cerebrospinal fluid.
abstract: Candida viswanathii has been isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a 20 year old male patient suffering from meningitis which ended fatally. The fungus proved pathogenic to cortisone treated mice but was poorly so to the normal mice challenged intravenously.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D003348:Cortisone / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D003348:Cortisone