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Disseminated fungal infection following falciparum malaria
A P Wilson1, S Wright, G Bellingan
1Department of Microbiology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK.
The Journal of Infection
|June 7, 2000
Abstract:
Falciparum malaria can cause immune suppression sufficient to allow opportunistic infection during the recovery phase. A patient is described who died from a disseminated infection with Aspergillus flavus and Absidia corymbifera, unresponsive to treatment with amphotericin and voriconazole.