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Disseminated Emmonsia pasteuriana infection in India: a case report and a review
Author(s) -
Malik Rupali,
Capoor Malini R.,
Vanidassane Ilavarasi,
Gogna Arun,
Singh Avninder,
Sen Biswajit,
Rudramurthy Shivaprakash M.,
Honnavar Prasanna,
Gupta Sunita,
Chakrabarti Arunaloke
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/myc.12437
Subject(s) - itraconazole , skin biopsy , amphotericin b , medicine , biopsy , dermatology , pathology , antifungal
Summary We report here the first case of disseminated Emmonsia pasteuriana infection in a patient with AIDS in India. The patient presented with weight loss, dyspnoea, left‐sided chest pain and multiple non‐tender skin lesions over face and body for 3 months. Disseminated emmonsiosis was diagnosed on microscopic examination and fungal culture of skin biopsy and needle aspirate of lung consolidation. It was confirmed by sequencing internal transcribed spacer region of rDNA , beta tubulin, actin, and intein PRP 8 . The patient responded to amphotericin B and itraconazole therapy.