Achievement of long-term remission of disseminated histoplasmosis in an AIDS patient

Histoplasmosis, a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, is poor prognosis once it disseminated, especially in immunocompromised patients. A 50-year-old Japanese-Brazilian male with multiple cervical lymphadenopathies was diagnosed as disseminated histoplasmosis and acquired immunodefici...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Akihide, Tawara, Isao, Ino, Kazuko, Matsumoto, Takeshi, Hayashi, Akinobu, Imai, Hiroshi, Muraosa, Yasunori, Kamei, Katsuhiko, Katayama, Naoyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.012
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Sumario:Histoplasmosis, a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, is poor prognosis once it disseminated, especially in immunocompromised patients. A 50-year-old Japanese-Brazilian male with multiple cervical lymphadenopathies was diagnosed as disseminated histoplasmosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Anti-fungal therapy was initiated followed by anti-retroviral therapy (ART). He achieved long-term remission by treatment with voriconazole. Here we report a case of an AIDS patient with disseminated histoplasmosis who achieved long-term survival in non-endemic area.

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