Meningeal involvement due to Candida (Monilia) albicans has been described so rarely that the report of a fatal case of meningitis caused by this organism seems justifiable. In the available literature only 2 previously reported cases with definitely established diagnosis were found, 1 by Smith and Sano1and 1 by Miale.2It is questionable whether infections of the central nervous system with Candida albicans are actually as rare as the literature seems to indicate or whether the condition remains undiagnosed in a considerable number of cases because of the difficulties which the classification of the fungi imperfecti present for the bacteriologic laboratory. The latter point seems to be substantiated by the survey of Freeman,3in which, besides the well established infections with Torula histolytica, Blastomyces and Coccidioides, cases of meningitis due to "Endomyces" and "Saccharomyces" with questionable or no bacteriologic studies are cited. The excellent article by