Disseminated Emmonsia pasteuriana infection in India: a case report and a review |
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| Authors: | Rupali Malik Malini R. Capoor Ilavarasi Vanidassane Arun Gogna Avninder Singh Biswajit Sen Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy Prasanna Honnavar Sunita Gupta Arunaloke Chakrabarti |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC) and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India;2. Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC) and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India;3. National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India;4. Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: |
Emmonsia
HIV
disseminated infection |
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