Molecular identification of Polyporales sp. isolated from a rare lung fungal infection case in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Zainulabid, Ummu Afeera, Abdul Azih, Muhammad Naimmuddin, Abd. Fuaat, Azliana, Kamarudin, Norhidayah, Abidin, Mohd Radhwan, Soffian, Sharmeen Nellissa, Ahmad, Hajar Fauzan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine; RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/92610/1/SISTEC039.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/92610/2/103_SISTEC2021UMP_DR.%20UMMU%20AFEERA%20ZAINULABID_SSS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/92610/3/SISTEC2021%20Tentative%20and%20Abstract%20Book.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/92610/19/SISTEC.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/92610/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Fungal infection is rarely reported in immunocompetent retroviral disease patients. We report a first case of a 42-year-old man with underlying retroviral disease on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) who was infected with pulmonary Polyporales sp. Despite undetected viral load with high C...