Agricultural workers and field archaeologists are exposed to this organism which, despite entering via the respiratory tract, can cause meningitis.

A. Neisseria meningitidis
B. Cryptococcus neoformans
C. Coccidioides immitis
D. Haemophilus influenzae
E. Streptococcus pneumoniae


Answer: C

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