The most common organism amongst the following that causes acute meningitis in an AIDS patients is -: (A) Streptococcus pneumoniae, (B) Streptococcus agalactiae, (C) Cryptococcus neoformans, (D) Listeria monocytogenes
Answer is C. the typical CNS oppounistic infections are toxoplasmosis and cryptococcosis REF:ANANTHANARAYANAN TEXT BOOK OF MICROBIOLOGY 9EDITION PGNO.576