Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome associated disseminated Penicillium Marneffei infection: report of 8 cases  

作　　者：LU Pu-xuan ZHU Wen-ke LIU Yan CHEN Xin-chun ZHAN Neng-yong LIU Jin-qing ZANG Jian YANG Gen-dong YE Ru-xin CAI Li-sheng 

机构地区：[1]Department of Radiology, Shenzhen East lake Hospital, Shenzhen 518020, China [2]Department of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen East lake Hospital,Shenzhen 518020, China [3]Department of Laboratory Examination, Shenzhen East lake Hospital, Shenzhen 518020, China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2005年第16期1395-1399,共5页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Penicillinosis Marneffei （PSM） is a rare fungal disease caused by systemic infection of Penicillium Mameffei （PM）. Disseminated PSM is one of the most common opportunistic infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome （AIDS） living in Southeastern region during the endstage of disease. Sporadic and individual cases have been reported recently in China and there appeared a tendency of increase of PM infections because of the increase of AIDS cases. To improve our understanding of this disease, we report here 8 cases of AIDS associated PSM.Penicillinosis Marneffei （PSM） is a rare fungal disease caused by systemic infection of Penicillium Mameffei （PM）. Disseminated PSM is one of the most common opportunistic infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome （AIDS） living in Southeastern region during the endstage of disease. Sporadic and individual cases have been reported recently in China and there appeared a tendency of increase of PM infections because of the increase of AIDS cases. To improve our understanding of this disease, we report here 8 cases of AIDS associated PSM.

关 键 词：acquired immunodeficiency syndrome· Penicillium Mameffei· clinical characteristics ·imaging manifestations 

分 类 号：R512.91[医药卫生—内科学]