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#idboardreview 30 M from Thailand 🇹🇠new dx HIV CD4 5 presents w/ fever, sore throat, dry cough, generalized umbilicated skin lesions x2wks. Diagnosis? #medEd #idmedEd #IDtwitter 
#Talaromyces marneffei cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected & other immunosuppressed patients who live in or are from endemic areas especially Southeast Asia. Amphotericin B or Itraconazole should be initiated as soon as possible for patients with talaromycosis
Mortality ranges 8-40%. Common clinical manifestations include fever, weight loss, anemia, weakness, skin lesions, lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly #talaromycosis
