Open AccessPenicillinosis in a HIV-positive individual
Author(s) -
Parveen Dahiya,
Reet Kamal,
Abhiney Puri,
Gaurav Saini,
Anupama Arora
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.93819
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology
Penicillium marneffei is a dimorphic fungus, which can cause fatal infection in HIV-infected patients. The aim of this article is to report a rare case of penicillinosis in an HIV-positive patient from a nonendemic area such as Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh. The patient presented with nonhealing painful ulcer on tongue, chest pain, cough, and chronic diarrhea. Diagnosis was made possible through blood investigations and culture reports of saliva and blood samples.