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A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho

Emergomycosis is a recently described emerging opportunistic fungal infection among individuals living with HIV, in whom it is a cause of significant mortality and morbidity. This article retrospectively reports on a presumptive case of extensive cutaneous emergomycosis in a young immunocompromised...

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Autores principales: Madani, Waheeba M.H., Grayson, Wayne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9634954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36338194
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v37i1.415
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description Emergomycosis is a recently described emerging opportunistic fungal infection among individuals living with HIV, in whom it is a cause of significant mortality and morbidity. This article retrospectively reports on a presumptive case of extensive cutaneous emergomycosis in a young immunocompromised patient from Lesotho. The histopathological features on skin biopsy were in keeping with emergomyces infection. The lesions responded to treatment with amphotericin B and oral fluconazole. CONTRIBUTION: This case contributes to the existing evidence that as an emergent opportunistic infection, emergomycosis is possibly widespread in Africa but the true extend of the disease is not fully defined. This is further aggravated by the diagnostic difficulty as a result of limited resources in some areas in the region.
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spelling pubmed-96349542022-11-05 A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho Madani, Waheeba M.H. Grayson, Wayne S Afr J Infect Dis Case Report Emergomycosis is a recently described emerging opportunistic fungal infection among individuals living with HIV, in whom it is a cause of significant mortality and morbidity. This article retrospectively reports on a presumptive case of extensive cutaneous emergomycosis in a young immunocompromised patient from Lesotho. The histopathological features on skin biopsy were in keeping with emergomyces infection. The lesions responded to treatment with amphotericin B and oral fluconazole. CONTRIBUTION: This case contributes to the existing evidence that as an emergent opportunistic infection, emergomycosis is possibly widespread in Africa but the true extend of the disease is not fully defined. This is further aggravated by the diagnostic difficulty as a result of limited resources in some areas in the region. AOSIS 2022-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9634954/ /pubmed/36338194 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v37i1.415 Text en © 2022. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho
title A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho
title_full A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho
title_fullStr A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho
title_full_unstemmed A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho
title_short A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho
title_sort presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with hiv – maseru, lesotho
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9634954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36338194
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v37i1.415
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