GARLIC IN CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF 21 CASES

Of 21 cases of cryptococcal meningitis en- countered in a 5-year period, 16 were treated with garlic alone and 5 with garlic and other drugs. Among the 16 cases, 6 were cured and 5 im- proved, giving an effective rate of 68.75%. Pre- liminary experimental studies of the mechanism of the pharmacologic action of garlic show that it may have fungistatic action and improve the patient's immunologic function. It is also obviously cheap, plentiful and causes no major side-effects.