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The most common organism amongst the following that causes acute meningitis in an AIDS patient is -

A
Streptococcus pneumoniae
B
Streptococcus agalactiae
C
Cryptococcus neoformans
D
Listeria monocytogenes
High-Yield Explanation
Cryptococcosis is the predominant cause of fatal fungal infection and causes acute... meningitis in patients with AIDS. It may occur most common when CD4+ count falls below 200 cells/mm3. The extra pulmonary cryptococcosis is one of the AIDS defining diseases.

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