title: [Talaromyces marneffei fungaemia in a patient from Thailand with newly diagnosed HIV].
abstract: Talaromyces marneffei is a dimorphic fungus, which may cause life-threatening opportunistic infections in immuno-compromised individuals. A 25-year-old woman from Thailand was admitted with fever, shortness of breath, cough, and weight loss. The symptoms had persisted for three weeks. The patient had a stopover in Copenhagen on her way to Thailand from Greenland. A thoracic X-ray showed bilateral interstitial changes. Examinations showed positive HIV-test with a CD4-count of 21/microlitre. Moreover, fungaemia with T. marneffei was detected by cultivation. Highly active antiretroviral therapy and IV amphotericin B treatment was initiated followed by perorally administrated itraconazole.
authors.affiliation: mano@sund.ku.dk.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nørredam
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porskrog
authors.forename: Lukas Frans
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Ocias
authors.forename: Jenny Dahl
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D032901:Talaromyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents