Talaromyces marneffei infection associated with bronchiolitis obliterans
in an HIV-negative child: a case report
Abstract
Talaromyces marneffei (T. marneffei) is an opportunistic pathogen that
infects immunodeficient and immunocompromised patients. We presented a
pediatric patient with a diagnosis of T. marneffei infection who were
followed up in the Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center. The
child was a 5-year-old girl with persistent coughed and gasped for two
months, and she was confirmed with T. marneffei infection by
bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF) culture and high-throughput
sequencing technology. Human immunodeficiency viru(HIV) was negative
according to a serum-specific antibody test. She was treated with
amphotericin B and itraconazole as antifungal agents with good clinical
response. At the follow up, the high resolution computed tomography
(HRCT) showed mosaic sign in the whole lung field with a diagnosis of
post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans (PIBO) as the sequela. She has
a mutated COPA gene with uncertain pathogenic potential by the
whole-exome sequencing. This is the first report of PIBO sequelae from
T. marneffei infection in child with non-HIV infection and she was
identified with a mutation in COPA gene.