Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in an HIV infected patient returning from Vietnam / Infección diseminada por Penicillium marneffei en paciente infectado por VIH que vuelve de Vietnam
A 33-year-old Spanish man presented with fever, expectoration, weight loss and lung cavitary lesions. HIV-positive serology, the lack of clinical improvement under anti-tuberculosistreatment, and the teamwork carried by clinicians, microbiologists and pathologists led to the diagnosis of Penicillium marneffei infection. This case supports the importance of the correct evaluation of the epidemiological history of the patients (AU)