Case Report
Disseminated fungal infection in an HIV-infected patient due to Aureobasidium pullulans
DOI:
10.1080/23120053.2016.1155799
Author(s):
Wesley G. van Hougenhouck-TullekenDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa, Garrison MatholeDepartment of Internal Medicine, South Africa, Alan KarstaedtDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa, Nimmisha GovindDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa, Magendhree MoodleyDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa, Sharona SeetharamDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa, Nelesh P. GovenderNational Institute for Communicable Diseases(Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa, Colin N. MenezesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa,
Abstract
In South Africa, novel fungal pathogens have emerged as an important cause of disease in HIV-infected individuals. The clinical presentation is characteristically prolonged, insidious and the diagnosis elusive, often being made post mortem. We report an HIV-infected individual with a systemic mycosis due to Aureobasidium pullulans, a ubiquitous dematiaceous mould which has not been described in HIV-infected individuals.
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