Paradoxical worsening of Emergomyces africanus infection in an HIV-infected male on itraconazole and antiretroviral therapy

Kenneth Crombie; Zandile Spengane; Michael Locketz; Sipho Dlamini; Rannakoe Lehloenya; Sean Wasserman; Tsidiso G. Maphanga; Nelesh P. Govender; Chris Kenyon; Ilan S. Schwartz

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006173

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Paradoxical worsening of Emergomyces africanus infection in an HIV-infected male on itraconazole and antiretroviral therapy

Kenneth Crombie,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Zandile Spengane,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Michael Locketz,

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service - Groote Schuur Hospital Branch, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Sipho Dlamini,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Rannakoe Lehloenya,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Sean Wasserman,

Affiliation Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Tsidiso G. Maphanga,

Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases-Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, Gauteng, South Africa
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Nelesh P. Govender,

Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases-Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, Gauteng, South Africa
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Chris Kenyon,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Sexually Transmitted Infectious Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Ilan S. Schwartz

* E-mail: ilan.steven.schwartz@gmail.com

Affiliations Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7522-0281

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Paradoxical worsening of Emergomyces africanus infection in an HIV-infected male on itraconazole and antiretroviral therapy

Kenneth Crombie,
Zandile Spengane,
Michael Locketz,
Sipho Dlamini,
Rannakoe Lehloenya,
Sean Wasserman,
Tsidiso G. Maphanga,
Nelesh P. Govender,
Chris Kenyon,
Ilan S. Schwartz

Published: March 8, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006173

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