A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
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| Title | A presumptive case of cutaneous emergomycosis in a female patient with HIV – Maseru, Lesotho | |
| Creator | Madani, Waheeba M.H. Grayson, Wayne | |
| Description | Emergomycosis is a recently described emerging opportunistic fungal infection among individuals living with HIV, in whom it is a cause of significant mortality and morbidity. This article retrospectively reports on a presumptive case of extensive cutaneous emergomycosis in a young immunocompromised patient from Lesotho. The histopathological features on skin biopsy were in keeping with emergomyces infection. The lesions responded to treatment with amphotericin B and oral fluconazole.Contribution: This case contributes to the existing evidence that as an emergent opportunistic infection, emergomycosis is possibly widespread in Africa but the true extend of the disease is not fully defined. This is further aggravated by the diagnostic difficulty as a result of limited resources in some areas in the region. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2022-10-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajid.v37i1.415 | |
| Source | Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases; Vol 37, No 1 (2022); 5 pages 2313-1810 2312-0053 | |
| Language | eng | |
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