AIDS-associated Penicillium marneffei infection of the central nervous system.

Le, Thuy; Huu Chi, Nguyen; Kim Cuc, Ngo T; Manh Sieu, Tran Phu; Shikuma, Cecilia M; Farrar, Jeremy; Day, Jeremy N · Clin Infect Dis · 2010

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Penicillium marneffei is an important human immunodeficiency virus-associated opportunistic infection endemic in Southeast Asia. Central nervous system infection has not been described. We report the first case series of 21 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients who presented with a syndrome consistent with acute central nervous system infection and who had Penicillium marneffei isolated from cerebrospinal fluid.

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