title: Disseminated fungal infection following falciparum malaria.
abstract: Falciparum malaria can cause immune suppression sufficient to allow opportunistic infection during the recovery phase. A patient is described who died from a disseminated infection with Aspergillus flavus and Absidia corymbifera, unresponsive to treatment with amphotericin and voriconazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellingan
mesh_terms: D020095:Absidia; D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D001231:Aspergillus flavus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology