Disseminated Penicillium marneffei sepsis in a HIV-positive Thai woman in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 507-509

  Mens, Helene ^a   Høojlyng, Niels ^b   Arendrup, Maiken Cavling ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Roskilde Amtssygehus ^*  (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; COUGHING; DEHYDRATION; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PHARYNX DISEASE; SEPSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; TRAVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; SEPSIS; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 4143081452     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020488     Document Type: Article

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