Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection
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Penicillium marneffei infection is an endemic opportunistic infection for AIDS patients that can be found in south Asia. Fever and typical skin lesions are the most commonly seen symptoms. Our case describes an AIDS patient with Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) presented with liver masses and skin lesions whose blood, bone marrow and ascites culture were all identified with P....
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Haematology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0007-1048,1365-2141
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05488.x