Autochthonous Case of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Switzerland

In Europe, pulmonary histoplasmosis is rarely diagnosed except in travelers. We report a probable autochthonous case of severe chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent man in Switzerland without travel history outside of Europe. Diagnosis was achieved by histopathology, fungal culture,...

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Autores principales: Schmiedel, Yvonne, Büchi, Annina E., Berezowska, Sabina, Pöllinger, Alexander, Mühlethaler, Konrad, Funke-Chambour, Manuela
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33622462
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.191831
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author Schmiedel, Yvonne
Büchi, Annina E.
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Mühlethaler, Konrad
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description In Europe, pulmonary histoplasmosis is rarely diagnosed except in travelers. We report a probable autochthonous case of severe chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent man in Switzerland without travel history outside of Europe. Diagnosis was achieved by histopathology, fungal culture, and serology, but the source of the infection remains speculative.
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spelling pubmed-79206912021-03-04 Autochthonous Case of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Switzerland Schmiedel, Yvonne Büchi, Annina E. Berezowska, Sabina Pöllinger, Alexander Mühlethaler, Konrad Funke-Chambour, Manuela Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter In Europe, pulmonary histoplasmosis is rarely diagnosed except in travelers. We report a probable autochthonous case of severe chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent man in Switzerland without travel history outside of Europe. Diagnosis was achieved by histopathology, fungal culture, and serology, but the source of the infection remains speculative. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7920691/ /pubmed/33622462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.191831 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.
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Schmiedel, Yvonne
Büchi, Annina E.
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Autochthonous Case of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Switzerland
title Autochthonous Case of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Switzerland
title_full Autochthonous Case of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Switzerland
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title_short Autochthonous Case of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Switzerland
title_sort autochthonous case of pulmonary histoplasmosis, switzerland
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920691/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.191831
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