Clinical characteristics of HIV-associated tracheobronchial Talaromyces marneffei infection in seven patients in Guangxi, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

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

Methods

We collected clinical information from HIV-positive patients with talaromycosis admitted to the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning from January 2015 to June 2022. Patients who presented with culture and/or histopathological proof of tracheobronchial T. marneffei infection were included.

Results

A total of 108 patients with respiratory infections who underwent bronchoscopy were enrolled. Seven patients with tracheobronchial T. marneffei infection, all of whom were men with a median age of 48 years (range 39-50 years), were ana

SUBMITTER: Pan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11491002 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature