Case report. Fungaemia due to Penicillium piceum, a member of the Penicillium marneffei complex.
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.
Horré
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Gilges
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Breig
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Kupfer
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de Hoog
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Hoekstra
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Poonwan
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Schaal
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D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010407:Penicillium / Q000302:isolation & purification*