Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan

We report the first indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis in Taiwan diagnosed by histopathology of bone marrow, microbiologic morphology, and PCR assay of the isolated fungus. This case suggests that histoplasmosis should be 1 of the differential diagnoses of opportunistic infections in imm...

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Autores principales: Lai, Chung-Hsu, Huang, Chun-Kai, Chin, Chuen, Yang, Ya-Ting, Lin, Hsiu-Fang, Lin, Hsi-Hsun
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17370526
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060857
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author Lai, Chung-Hsu
Huang, Chun-Kai
Chin, Chuen
Yang, Ya-Ting
Lin, Hsiu-Fang
Lin, Hsi-Hsun
author_facet Lai, Chung-Hsu
Huang, Chun-Kai
Chin, Chuen
Yang, Ya-Ting
Lin, Hsiu-Fang
Lin, Hsi-Hsun
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description We report the first indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis in Taiwan diagnosed by histopathology of bone marrow, microbiologic morphology, and PCR assay of the isolated fungus. This case suggests that histoplasmosis should be 1 of the differential diagnoses of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients in Taiwan.
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spelling pubmed-27258362009-09-10 Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan Lai, Chung-Hsu Huang, Chun-Kai Chin, Chuen Yang, Ya-Ting Lin, Hsiu-Fang Lin, Hsi-Hsun Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report the first indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis in Taiwan diagnosed by histopathology of bone marrow, microbiologic morphology, and PCR assay of the isolated fungus. This case suggests that histoplasmosis should be 1 of the differential diagnoses of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients in Taiwan. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2725836/ /pubmed/17370526 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060857 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Lai, Chung-Hsu
Huang, Chun-Kai
Chin, Chuen
Yang, Ya-Ting
Lin, Hsiu-Fang
Lin, Hsi-Hsun
Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan
title Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan
title_full Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan
title_fullStr Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan
title_short Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan
title_sort indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis, taiwan
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17370526
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060857
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