Disseminated Penicillium marneffei in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
A case of a 31-year-old man with systemic Penicillium marneffei infection acquired in Thailand and who developed endophthalmitis is described. This presentation has not previously been reported. He responded to combined treatment with intravenous and intravitreal amphotericin.
Vilar
F J
FJ
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, UK.
Hunt
R
R
Wilkins
E G
EG
Wilson
G
G
Jones
N P
NP
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010407:Penicillium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000666:Amphotericin B