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First case of subcutaneous infection by Talaromyces marneffei in a renal transplant recipient from India and review of literature
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Mycology. 32:101207
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2022.
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Abstract
- Talaromyces marneffei is one of the endemic mycoses prevalent in South-East Asian region. The infection, which was once considered to be opportunistic infection in HIV-positive patients, is establishing foothold in transplant and immunocompetent population. We report a case of a 41-year-old post-renal transplant female with a travel history to Assam two years back presenting with a subcutaneous lesion on right side of scalp associated with pain and blurring of vision in right eye. Fine-needle aspiration from the scalp lesion showed yeast cells with transverse septation in cytological examination and culture grew Talaromyces marneffei, which was confirmed by sequencing of ITS region. Patient was successfully managed with oral itraconazole 200 mg twice daily for ten months without subsequent recurrence. To our knowledge, this is the first case of subcutaneous infection by T. marneffei in a renal transplant recipient from India.
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- education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Itraconazole
Opportunistic infection
Its region
Population
medicine.disease
Dermatology
Lesion
Infectious Diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Renal transplant
Scalp
Medicine
medicine.symptom
business
education
Talaromyces marneffei
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 11565233
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Mycology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b6c648774ca18bc529d2f4221a2971c7