Disseminated cutaneous fungal infection and AIDS.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 2323022.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
We report a case of recalcitrant generalized cutaneous polydermatophyte and Candida infection in an AIDS patient who responded very poorly to topical, oral, and intravenous therapy. The patient died of respiratory arrest secondary to pneumonia 14 months after a cutaneous fungal infection developed and 12 months after AIDS was diagnosed. Extensive cutaneous fungal infections refractory to treatment may be a presenting sign of HIV infection.