Penicillinosis in a HIV-positive individual

Penicillium marneffei is a dimorphic fungus, which can cause fatal infection in HIV-infected patients. The aim of this article is to report a rare case of penicillinosis in an HIV-positive patient from a nonendemic area such as Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh. The patient presented with nonhealing pa...

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Autores principales: Dahiya, Parveen, Kamal, Reet, Puri, Abhiney, Saini, Gaurav, Arora, Anupama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529453
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.93819
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author Dahiya, Parveen
Kamal, Reet
Puri, Abhiney
Saini, Gaurav
Arora, Anupama
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description Penicillium marneffei is a dimorphic fungus, which can cause fatal infection in HIV-infected patients. The aim of this article is to report a rare case of penicillinosis in an HIV-positive patient from a nonendemic area such as Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh. The patient presented with nonhealing painful ulcer on tongue, chest pain, cough, and chronic diarrhea. Diagnosis was made possible through blood investigations and culture reports of saliva and blood samples.
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spelling pubmed-33268482012-04-23 Penicillinosis in a HIV-positive individual Dahiya, Parveen Kamal, Reet Puri, Abhiney Saini, Gaurav Arora, Anupama Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Penicillium marneffei is a dimorphic fungus, which can cause fatal infection in HIV-infected patients. The aim of this article is to report a rare case of penicillinosis in an HIV-positive patient from a nonendemic area such as Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh. The patient presented with nonhealing painful ulcer on tongue, chest pain, cough, and chronic diarrhea. Diagnosis was made possible through blood investigations and culture reports of saliva and blood samples. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3326848/ /pubmed/22529453 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.93819 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dahiya, Parveen
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Saini, Gaurav
Arora, Anupama
Penicillinosis in a HIV-positive individual
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title_full Penicillinosis in a HIV-positive individual
title_fullStr Penicillinosis in a HIV-positive individual
title_full_unstemmed Penicillinosis in a HIV-positive individual
title_short Penicillinosis in a HIV-positive individual
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529453
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.93819
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