DISSEMINATED FUNGAL INFECTION WITH ADRENAL INVOLVEMENT: REPORT OF TWO HIV NEGATIVE BRAZILIAN PATIENTS

Paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis are systemic fungal infections endemic in Brazil. Disseminated clinical forms are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. We describe two HIV-negative patients with disseminated fungal infections, paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis, who were diagnose...

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Autores principales: PEREIRA, Graziella Hanna, LANZONI, Valéria Pereira Barbosa, BEIRÃO, Elisa Maria, TIMERMAN, Artur, MELHEM, Marcia de Souza Carvalho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27049710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652015000600013
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Sumario:Paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis are systemic fungal infections endemic in Brazil. Disseminated clinical forms are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. We describe two HIV-negative patients with disseminated fungal infections, paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis, who were diagnosed by biopsies of suprarenal lesions. Both were treated for a prolonged period with oral antifungal agents, and both showed favorable outcomes.

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