penicilliosis
penicillosis

Treatment should be provided as soon as penicilliosis is suspected.

It has been suggested that other conditions (such as Penicilliosis) should be included in other countries.

Alternative treatment options for penicilliosis are not established.

Rapid identification of penicilliosis is sought, as prompt treatment is critical.

International travel requires increased awareness and recogntion of penicilliosis and its treatment.

The immune restoration inflammatory syndrome has been reported uncommonly in patients with penicilliosis (1268,1269).

Cutaneous penicilliosis lesions commonly appear on the face, ears, extremities, and occasionally the genitalia.

No randomized controlled study exists that could demonstrate the safety of discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis for penicilliosis.

In this area, penicilliosis due to the mold is the third most common opportunistic infection in HIV-positive individuals.

Patients with hepatic penicilliosis have fever, abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, and a marked increase in serum alkaline phosphatase levels (1259).

The diagnosis and treatment of penicilliosis during pregnancy are similar to those in nonpregnant women with the following considerations regarding antifungal use in pregnancy.

If they have traveled to Southeast Asia and are HIV-positive, then there is an increased risk of them having penicilliosis.

Any disseminated mycosis (e.g. histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis, penicilliosis)

All patients who successfully complete treatment for penicilliosis should be administered secondary prophylaxis (chronic maintenance therapy) with oral itraconazole in a dose of 200 mg/day (AI).

This is the only known thermally dimorphic species of Penicillium, and it can cause a lethal systemic infection (penicilliosis) with fever and anaemia similar to disseminated cryptococcosis.

The definitive diagnosis of penicilliosis is based on isolation of organisms from blood culture or other clinical specimens or by histopathologic demonstration of organisms in biopsy material.

Delaying the initiation of potent ART until the end of the first 2 weeks of induction therapy for penicilliosis might be prudent (CIII).

Kantipong P, Panich V, Pongsurachet V, Watt G. Hepatic penicilliosis in patients without skin lesions.

Before the antiretroviral treatment era, penicilliosis was the presenting AIDS-defining illness in 6.8% of HIV-infected patients from the northern provinces of Thailand but less frequently elsewhere (1262).

Penicilliosis due to Penicillium marneffei is now the third most common opportunistic infection (after extrapulmonary tuberculosis and cryptococcosis) in HIV-positive individuals within the endemic area of Southeast Asia.

There is a high incidence of penicilliosis in AIDS patients in SE Asia; 10% of patients in Hong Kong get penicillosis as an AIDS-related illness.

ART should be administered in accordance with standards of care in the community; consideration should be given to simultaneous administration of treatment for penicilliosis and initiation of ART to improve outcome (CIII).

Penicilliosis (or penicillosis) is an infection caused by Penicillium marneffei.

Penicillosis of insects is considered a type of muscardine, particularly when caused by Penicillum citrinum and P. granulatum.

Cases of P. marneffei human infections (penicillosis) have also been reported in HIV-positive patients in Australia, Europe, Japan, the UK and the U.S..

There is a high incidence of penicilliosis in AIDS patients in SE Asia; 10% of patients in Hong Kong get penicillosis as an AIDS-related illness.