Chronic Pulmonary Penicilliosis Due to Penicillium marneffei: Late Presentation in a French Traveler. Issue 4 (11th May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: De Monte, Anne; Risso, Karine; Normand, Anne‐Cécile; Boyer, Guy; L'Ollivier, Coralie; Marty, Pierre; Gari‐Toussaint, Martine
• Is Part Of: Journal of travel medicine. Volume 21:Issue 4(2014)
• Page Start: 292
• Page End: 294
• Publication Date: 2014-05-11
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Medicine, Preventive -- Periodicals; Travel -- Periodicals; 613.6805
• DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12125
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1195-1982

Abstract

Abstract : We report a case of pulmonary penicilliosis due to Penicillium marneffei in an immunocompetent French patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, who had traveled in endemic countries several years before. The long interval between exposure and initial symptoms of infection, and relapse despite prolonged voriconazole treatment are unusual features.