Postpartum histoplasmosis in an HIV-negative woman: a case report and phylogenetic characterization by internal transcribed spacer region analysis

The present report describes the first case of postpartum disseminated histoplasmosis in a 24-year-old HIV-negative woman. On the tenth day after vaginal delivery, the patient presented with dyspnea, fever, hypotension, tachycardia, and painful hepatomegaly. Yeast-like Histoplasma capsulatum feature...

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Autores principales: Damasceno, Lisandra Serra, Almeida, Antônio Mauro Barros, Aguiar, Bárbara de Oliveira, Muniz, Mauro de Medeiros, Almeida, Marcos de Abreu, Zancopé-Oliveira, Rosely Maria, Leitão, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7083345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31994667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0364-2019