Disseminated talaromycosis: Truly uncommon or uncommonly recognized?

Q2 Medicine

Medical Journal Armed Forces India Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.mjafi.2022.12.008

Padamata Harika , Bhushan Asthana , Rohit Vashisht , Naveen Yadav , Nandita Hazra , Manish Manrai , Anil S. Menon

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Abstract

34 years old male from north-east India, a known case of retroviral disease, presented with shortness of breath and significant weight loss and was found to have pancytopenia, skin lesions, organomegaly, generalized lymphadenopathy, cavitary lung disease with very low CD4 counts. He failed to improve on empirical antitubercular therapy and further evaluation revealed features of disseminated talaromycosis on bone marrow studies. We hereby present an interesting case of a systemic fungal disease in the setting of advanced HIV infection.

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弥散性芳香菌病:真的不常见还是不常见?

来自印度东北部的34岁男性，已知逆转录病毒疾病病例，表现为呼吸短促和体重明显减轻，发现有全血细胞减少症、皮肤病变、器官肿大、全身淋巴结病、空洞性肺病，CD4计数极低。他未能改进经验性抗结核治疗，进一步的评估在骨髓研究中揭示了弥散性塔氏菌病的特征。我们在此提出一个有趣的情况下，全身性真菌疾病在设置晚期艾滋病毒感染。

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Medical Journal Armed Forces India Medicine-Medicine (all)

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

0.00%

发文量

206

期刊介绍： This journal was conceived in 1945 as the Journal of Indian Army Medical Corps. Col DR Thapar was the first Editor who published it on behalf of Lt. Gen Gordon Wilson, the then Director of Medical Services in India. Over the years the journal has achieved various milestones. Presently it is published in Vancouver style, printed on offset, and has a distribution exceeding 5000 per issue. It is published in January, April, July and October each year.