[A diagnosed, cured case of an HIV-infected Japanese subject developing disseminated penicilliosis after Thailand travel]

Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 2010 Nov;84(6):740-3. doi: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi.84.740.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Disseminated penicilliosis-an AIDS-indicator disease in Southeast Asian countries -but not Japan- is a systemic fungal infection caused by Penicillium marneffei. A 30-year-old HIV-positive Japanese man visiting Southeast Asia three months before admission and reporting fever, general fatigue, and enlarged lymph nodes lasting over one month was admitted for detailed tests. Blood culture and fine-needle aspiration lymph node biopsy a led to a diagnosis of disseminated penicillioisis, later cured by several anti-fungal agents. Caution is thus recommended regarding the possibility of this disease, given the large number of travelers visiting overseas, geographical proximity to Southeast Asia, and increasing numbers of HIV patients in Japan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Asian People
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycoses / diagnosis*
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Penicillium*
  • Thailand
  • Travel*

Substances

  • Amphotericin B