Microbiology

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Diagnosis

Blood Culture (see Blood Culture)

• xxxx

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Clinical Manifestations

Dermatologic Manifestations

Skin Lesions

• Epidemiology
  • XXXX

Gastrointestinal/Hepatic Manifestations

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• Epidemiology
  • XXXX
• Clinical
  • Weight Loss (see xxxx)

Hematologic Manifestations

Anemia (see xxxx)

• Epidemiology
  • XXXX
• Diagnosis
  • Bone Marrow Biopsy (see Bone Marrow Biopsy)

Pulmonary Manifestations

Pneumonia (see Community-Acquired Pneumonia)

• Epidemiology
  • Approximately 80% of Cases Occur in Immunocompromised Hosts (Clin Infect Dis, 1996) [MEDLINE]
  • Cases Have Been Reported in Association with Various Immunocompromised States
    • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (see Human Immunodeficiency Virus) (Histopathology, 1992) [MEDLINE]
    • Lung Transplant Patient (Transpl Infect Dis, 2015) [MEDLINE]
• Clinical (Clin Infect Dis, 1996) [MEDLINE]
  • XXXX

Other Manifestations

Fever (see Fever)

• Epidemiology
  • XXXX

Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) (see Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome)

• Epidemiology
  • XXXX

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Treatment

• Amphotericin B (see xxxx)
• Itraconazole (see xxxx)

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References

Clinical

• Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in HIV-infected subject. Histopathology. 1992 Apr;20(4):287-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1992.tb00985.x [MEDLINE]
• Infection due to Penicillium marneffei, an emerging pathogen: review of 155 reported cases. Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Jul;23(1):125-30. doi: 10.1093/clinids/23.1.125 [MEDLINE]
• Opportunistic fungal pneumonia. J Thorac Imaging. 1999 Jan;14(1):51-62. doi: 10.1097/00005382-199901000-00005 [MEDLINE]
• Penicillium marneffei infection in a lung transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;17(3):429-34. doi: 10.1111/tid.12377 [MEDLINE]