The disease known as cryptococcal meningitis

A) begins as a lung infection.
B) is caused by a Gram-negative coccus.
C) results from exposure to bird droppings.
D) is transmitted in respiratory aerosols.
E) results from exposure to bird droppings and begins as a lung infection.


E
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: Mycoses of the Nervous System
Learning Outcome: 20.18

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