Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with chronic lymphoedema

A 54 year-old man with lymphopenia secondary to lymphatic filariasis was admitted with dry cough, fever and wasting syndrome. He was diagnosed with sarcoidosis and therapy with corticosteroid was initiated. The patient evolved with worsening of the symptoms. Histoplasma species was recovered in lung...

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Autores principales: Hatem, Nayla A., Pasqualotto, Alessandro C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9525886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36193195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.09.003
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description A 54 year-old man with lymphopenia secondary to lymphatic filariasis was admitted with dry cough, fever and wasting syndrome. He was diagnosed with sarcoidosis and therapy with corticosteroid was initiated. The patient evolved with worsening of the symptoms. Histoplasma species was recovered in lung biopsy tissue, lung tissue culture, and bone marrow aspirate. The authors describe the first case of disseminated histoplasmosis secondary to lymphatic filariasis, followed by a literature review. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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spelling pubmed-95258862022-10-02 Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with chronic lymphoedema Hatem, Nayla A. Pasqualotto, Alessandro C. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A 54 year-old man with lymphopenia secondary to lymphatic filariasis was admitted with dry cough, fever and wasting syndrome. He was diagnosed with sarcoidosis and therapy with corticosteroid was initiated. The patient evolved with worsening of the symptoms. Histoplasma species was recovered in lung biopsy tissue, lung tissue culture, and bone marrow aspirate. The authors describe the first case of disseminated histoplasmosis secondary to lymphatic filariasis, followed by a literature review. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Elsevier 2022-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9525886/ /pubmed/36193195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.09.003 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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