Medical treatment consists of prolonged intravenous therapy (for 6–8 weeks or longer) with the antifungal drug amphotericin B, either in its conventional or lipid formulation. The addition of oral or intravenous flucytosine improves response rates. Oral fluconazole is then administered for six months or more. Antifungals alone are often insufficient to cure C.<unk>  infections, and surgery to resect infected lung (lobectomy) or brain is often required. Ventricular shunts and Ommaya reservoirs are sometimes employed in the treatment of central nervous system infection. People who have C.<unk>  infection need to take prescription antifungal medication for at least 6 months; usually the type of treatment depends on the severity of the infection and the parts of the body that are affected. *For people who have asymptomatic infections or mild-to-moderate pulmonary infections, the treatment is usually fluconazole. *For people who have severe lung infections, or infections in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), the treatment is amphotericin B in combination with flucytosine.
Cryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus neoformans
Aspergillus tubingensis
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Talaromyces marneffei
Candida parapsilosis
Mycobacterium canetti
Mycoplasma incognitus