Systemic mycosis due to Penicillium marneffei in a patient with antibody to human immunodeficiency virus

T E Peto; R Bull; P R Millard; D W Mackenzie; C K Campbell; M E Haines; R G Mitchell

doi:10.1016/s0163-4453(88)97700-6

Systemic mycosis due to Penicillium marneffei in a patient with antibody to human immunodeficiency virus

J Infect. 1988 May;16(3):285-90. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(88)97700-6.

Authors

T E Peto¹, R Bull, P R Millard, D W Mackenzie, C K Campbell, M E Haines, R G Mitchell

Affiliation

¹ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K.

PMID: 3294300
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(88)97700-6

Abstract

Systemic mycosis due to Penicillium marneffei is described in a man infected with human immunodeficiency virus and who had travelled in S.W. China. He responded completely to treatment with amphotericin B and a prolonged course of ketoconazole. Problems of diagnosis are discussed and all previously reported cases reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Humans
Ketoconazole / therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Mycoses / complications*
Mycoses / drug therapy
Mycoses / microbiology
Penicillium / growth & development
Penicillium / isolation & purification*

Substances

Amphotericin B
Ketoconazole