Clinical characteristics of tracheobronchial Talaromyces marneffei infection in non-HIV-infected patients in South China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Tracheobronchial Talaromyces marneffei (T. marneffei) infections among non-HIV-infected patients are rare. To improve understanding, we analysed the clinical features, immune mechanisms, treatment, and prognosis.

Methods

Data on hospitalized patients with tracheobronchial T. marneffei infections from September 2013 to May 2022 were collected. The clinical and imaging features were analysed.

Results

Nineteen patients were enrolled, with a median age of 52 years (45-62 years). The most common symptoms were cough, expectoration, fever, weight loss, and anaemia. The total white blood cell and neutrophil counts, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin and globulin were increased, and the serum albumin levels were de

SUBMITTER: Pan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10653738 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature