Disseminated Emmonsia pasteuriana infection in India: a case report and a review. Issue 2 (9th December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Malik, Rupali; Capoor, Malini R.; Vanidassane, Ilavarasi; Gogna, Arun; Singh, Avninder; Sen, Biswajit; Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash M.; Honnavar, Prasanna; Gupta, Sunita; Chakrabarti, Arunaloke
• Is Part Of: Mycoses. Volume 59:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 127
• Page End: 132
• Publication Date: 2015-12-09
• Subjects: Emmonsia -- HIV -- disseminated infection; Pathogenic fungi -- Periodicals; Medical mycology -- Periodicals; 616.969
• DOI: 10.1111/myc.12437
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0933-7407

Abstract

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 PRP8 . The patient responded to amphotericin B and itraconazole therapy.