title: Systemic mycosis due to Penicillium marneffei in a patient with antibody to human immunodeficiency virus.
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.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Peto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Millard
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D010407:Penicillium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B; D007654:Ketoconazole