Pseudallescheria boydii infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Pulmonary and renal infection developed in a 44-year-old Hispanic man due to the fungus Pseudallescheria boydii. Pseudallescheria boydii has been associated with cutaneous infection known as mycetoma but occurs very infrequently in extracutaneous sites. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of P boydii in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and the first case with pulmonary and/or renal involvement.
Scherr
G R
GR
Department of Laboratories and Pathology, Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center 90033.
Evans
S G
SG
Kiyabu
M T
MT
Klatt
E C
EC
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011541:Pseudallescheria / Q000302:isolation & purification