Imported Talaromycosis in Oman in Advanced HIV: A Diagnostic Challenge Outside the Endemic Areas

Abstract A 37-year-old male living in Oman was seen by his physician with complaints of cough, body aches with bilateral lower limb weakness and on and off fever. He was diagnosed with HIV infection and culture from blood and bone marrow grew Talaromyces marneffei. He had travelled to Malaysia on several occasions. Treatment with liposomal amphotericin B resulted in complete cure. This case is reported for its rarity and unusual presentation to alert clinicians and microbiologists to consider T. marneffei as an etiology in high risk individuals. Our case is the first recorded diagnosis of T. marneffei in Oman..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:182

Enthalten in:

Mycopathologia - 182(2017), 7-8 vom: 04. März, Seite 739-745

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mohsin, Jalila [VerfasserIn]
Khalili, Sulin Al [VerfasserIn]
van den Ende, A. H. G. Gerrits [VerfasserIn]
Khamis, Faryal [VerfasserIn]
Petersen, Eskild [VerfasserIn]
de Hoog, G. Sybren [VerfasserIn]
Meis, Jacques F. [VerfasserIn]
Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M. S. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

HIV
Oman
Penicilliosis
Talaromycosis
Travel-related infections

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© The Author(s) 2017

doi:

10.1007/s11046-017-0124-x

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OLC2040323759