Open AccessAIDS‐AssociatedPenicillium marneffeiInfection of the Central Nervous System
Author(s) -
Thuy Le,
Nguyễn Hữu,
Ngo Thi Kim Cuc,
Tran Phu Manh Sieu,
Cecilia M. Shikuma,
Jeremy Farrar,
Jeremy Day
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/657400
Subject(s) - penicillium marneffei , central nervous system , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , opportunistic infection , virology , penicillium , nervous system , cerebrospinal fluid , immunology , viral disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pathology , coinfection , psychiatry , genetics
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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