Medical Mysteries: He beat a fungal infection. So why was he so ill again? - The Washington Post

Peter Redweik’s brutal infection was quelled by a medication so powerful that doctors use it sparingly. Yet he continued to be terribly sick. What else was wrong?

By Lenny Bernstein
July 6, 2025
1 min read
Medical Mysteries: He beat a fungal infection. So why was he so ill again? - The Washington Post

Peter Redweik’s brutal infection was quelled by a medication so powerful that doctors use it sparingly. Yet he continued to be terribly sick. What else was wrong?

When Peter Redweiks physicians finally realized that his splitting headaches, slurred speech and stumbling gait were caused by cryptococcal meningitis a severe inflammation of his brain caused by a f…

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