title: [Disseminated infection due to Penicillium marneffei related to HIV infection: first observation in Argentina].
abstract: The first case observed in Argentina of AIDS-related human penicillosis is herein presented. The patient was a six- teen year-old young man coming from a rural area of southern China. He was admitted at the F. J. Muñiz Hospital of Buenos Aires city with severe pneumonia and adult respiratory distress. Penicillium marneffei was isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fuid and was microscopically observed in a skin cytodiagnosis. P. marneffei identification was confirmed by rRNA amplification and its phenotypic characteristics. The patient suffered an advanced HIV infection and also presented several AIDS-related diseases due to CMV, nosocomial bacterial infections and Pneumocystis jirovecii which led to a fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Micología, Hospital de Infecciosas F.J.Muñiz.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santiso
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chediak
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maiolo
authors.forename: María T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Mujica
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: San Juan
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arechavala
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Negroni
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015497:HIV-1; D015498:HIV-2; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D010407:Penicillium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D021521:Ribotyping
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal