Disseminated fungal infection in an HIV-infected patient due to Aureobasidium pullulans

Abstract

In South Africa, novel fungal pathogens have emerged as an important cause of disease in HIV-infected individuals. The clinical presentation is characteristically prolonged, insidious and the diagnosis elusive, often being made post mortem. We report an HIV-infected individual with a systemic mycosis due to Aureobasidium pullulans, a ubiquitous dematiaceous mould which has not been described in HIV-infected individuals.

Keywords

• aureobasidium pullulans
• disseminated fungal infection
• hiv
• immune suppression
• septic arthritis
• systemic mycosis