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Table 1 Summary of clinical characteristics for 14 HIV-infected cases with intestinal Talaromyces marneffei

From: Gastrointestinal manifestations of Talaromyces marneffei infection in an HIV-infected patient rapidly verified by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report

Case No.

Age (yr)/gender

Area and year of report

Abdominal symptoms

Other clinical

presentations

Skin and mucous membrane appearance

Involved organ or tissue/diagnostic methods

Treatment maintenance

Outcome

1

72/M

Hong Kong China

1992 [4]

GI bleeding

anorexia, dysphagia, weight loss

jejunal ulcer(S)

small intestine(B + C), mesenteric lymph node, liver(A)

NM

Died

2

32/M

Hong Kong

China 1996 [5]

diarrhea

fever, night sweats, dry cough

multiple solitary ulcers(E)

cecum, transverse and descending colon(B + C)

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

survived

3、4

NM

Thai 1998 [8]

abdominal pain

fever

NM

mesenteric lymph node (B), blood and bone marrow (C)

Amphotericin B

survived

5

52/M

Taiwan

China 1999 [6]

diarrhea, abdominal pain

fever, erupted papule, anomia,

shallow ulcers(E)

skin, bone marrow(B + C), colons(B)

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

survived

6

30/M

Taiwan

China 1999 [6]

diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloody stool

dyspepsia, fever, anomia, weight loss

shallow ulcers(E)

cecum, ascending and transverse colons(B + C)

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

survived

7

33/M

India 2008 [7]

abdominal pain

fever, loss of appetite, weight loss, vomiting

duodenum narrowing(E)

duodenum(B + C), bone marrow(C)

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

survived

8

39/M

Hong Kong

China 2010 [9]

Abdominal pain

fever, weight loss

perioral umbilicated lesions

neck and retroperitoneal

lymph nodes (H + C),blood (C)

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

Survived

9

28/M

India 2014 [10]

non-colicky abdominal pain

fever, weight loss

perioral umbilicated lesions

neck nodes and retroperitoneal lymph nodes(B + C), blood(C)

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

survived

10

52/M

China 2017 [11]

pain in the lower left abdomen

anorexia, weight loss

multiple solitary shallow ulcers (E)

transverse colon (B + H)

Itraconazole

survived

11

38/F

India 2020 [12]

colicky abdominal pain

loss of appetite, weight loss

skin lesions, jejunal ulcers(E)

skin, jejunal ulcers(B + C),

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

survived

12

37/M

China 2020 [13]

Abdominal pain

NM

multiple ulcers (E)

colon (B), blood (C)

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

Survived

13

50/M

China 2020 [13]

Abdominal pain

weight loss

multiple ulcers (E)

colon (B)

Voriconazole+Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

Survived

14

33/M

China [PR]

colicky abdominal pain, bloody stool

fever, weight loss, night sweats

colon ulcers(E)

Mesenteric lymph node(B + N)

Amphotericin B/Itraconazole

survived

  1. ND Not done, NM not mentioned, PR present report
  2. Diagnostic methods to demonstrate P marneffei were autopsy (A), biopsy (B), culture (C), histopathology (H), surgery(S), Endoscope(E), NGS(N)