Disseminated Penicillium Marneffei infection with verrucoid lesions in an AIDS patient in Beijing, a non-endemic region.
Penicillium marneffei (PM) infection is prevalent in South-East Asia and Southern China and has been considered an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining disease. This report focused on the verrucoid proliferative lesions of P. marneffei infection in a 34-year-old Chinese female AIDS patient from a non-endemic region. She recovered after receiving intravenous amphotericin B followed by oral itraconazole therapy. At the same time, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was also started. She responded very well to the treatment.
Department of Dermatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China.
HouMin
H
Li
JuHua
J
Sang
RuoYu
R
Li
YanChun
Y
Liu
JianZhong
J
Zhang
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001706:Biopsy; D002681:China; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010407:Penicillium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B