Disseminated Infections with Talaromyces marneffei in Non-AIDS Patients Given Monoclonal Antibodies against CD20 and Kinase Inhibitors

Infections with the fungus Talaromyces (formerly Penicillium) marneffei are rare in patients who do not have AIDS. We report disseminated T. marneffei infection in 4 hematology patients without AIDS who received targeted therapy with monoclonal antibodies against CD20 or kinase inhibitors during the...

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Main Authors: Jasper F.W. Chan, Thomas S.Y. Chan, Harinder Gill, Frank Y.F. Lam, Nigel J. Trendell-Smith, Siddharth Sridhar, Herman Tse, Susanna K.P. Lau, Ivan F.N. Hung, Patrick C.Y. Woo, Kwok-Yung Yuen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/7/15-0138_article