Disseminated penicilliosis marneffei in immunocompetent patients: A report of two cases

Disseminated penicilliosis marneffei in immunocompetent patients: A report of two cases

Disseminated penicilliosis marneffei is rarely seen in immunocompetent persons. We report here two cases of disseminated penicilliosis marneffei in immunocompetent hosts. Penicillium marneffei disseminated to the brain in one patient and to the bone marrow in the other patient. Both patients receive...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of medical microbiology 2015-01, Vol.33 (1), p.161-165
Hauptverfasser: Ye, Feng, Luo, Qun, Zhou, Ying, Xie, Jiaxing, Zeng, Qingsi, Chen, Guoqin, Su, Danhong, Chen, Rongchang
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adult
AIDS
Amphotericin B - therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
Antigens
Body temperature
Bone marrow
Bone Marrow - microbiology
Bone Marrow - pathology
Brain - microbiology
Brain - pathology
Bronchoscopy
Disseminated
Fever
Fungi
Head - diagnostic imaging
Histocytochemistry
Humans
immunocompetent hosts
Infections
Liver
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical treatment
Microbiological Techniques
Microscopy
Mortality
Mycoses - diagnosis
Mycoses - microbiology
Mycoses - pathology
Patients
penicilliosis marneffei
Penicillium - isolation & purification
Penicillium marneffei
Pneumonia
Radiography, Thoracic
Respiration
Skin
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Trachea - pathology
Treatment Outcome
Yeast
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Zusammenfassung:Disseminated penicilliosis marneffei is rarely seen in immunocompetent persons. We report here two cases of disseminated penicilliosis marneffei in immunocompetent hosts. Penicillium marneffei disseminated to the brain in one patient and to the bone marrow in the other patient. Both patients received amphotericin B liposome. The cases illustrate the importance of considering penicilliosis marneffei as causes of systemic infections in immunocompetent patients.
ISSN:0255-0857
1998-3646
DOI:10.4103/0255-0857.148433