Which organism is highly fatal in immunocompromised patients and is transmitted by the inhalation of dried bird droppings?

a) Trypanosoma brucei
b) Naegleria fowleri
c) Listeria monocytogenes
d) Cryptococcus neoformans


Ans: d) Cryptococcus neoformans

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