title: Case report. Fungaemia due to Penicillium piceum, a member of the Penicillium marneffei complex.
abstract: Due to the inability of most Penicillium species to grow at 37 degrees C, systemic non-marneffei infections are very rare in the human host. We describe a case of fungemia due to Penicillium piceum in a female patient, who died a few days after repeated isolation of this fungus from blood cultures. The species is a member of the section Biverticillata of Penicillium, as was confirmed by rDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequence data, and hence may share virulence factors with P. marneffei.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horré
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gilges
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Breig
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kupfer
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: de Hoog
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Poonwan
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Schaal
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010407:Penicillium / Q000302:isolation & purification*