Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in an HIV-positive Italian patient and a review of cases reported outside endemic regions

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-188

  Antinori, Spinello ^a   Gianelli, Erika ^a   Bonaccorso, Carmen ^a   Ridolfo, Anna Lisa ^a   Croce, Francesco ^a   Sollima, Salvatore ^a   Parravicini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; ITRACONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMPORT DISEASE; ITALY; MALE; MEDLINE; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SKIN CULTURE; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 33646710158     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00039.x     Document Type: Review

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