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Reintroduction of immunosuppressive medications in pediatric rheumatology patients with histoplasmosis: a case series

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2021
Background Children with rheumatic diseases (cRD) receiving immunosuppressive medications (IM) are at a higher risk for acquiring potentially lethal pathogens, including Histoplasma capsulatum (histoplasmosis), a fungal infection that can lead to ...
Rachel A. Brown, Fatima Barbar-Smiley, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner, Monica I. Ardura, Stacy P. Ardoin, Shoghik Akoghlanian   +5 more
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CAQ Corner: Immune‐mediated complications

, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Mary Thomson, John R. Lake
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Tackling Histoplasmosis Infection in People Living with HIV from Latin America: From Diagnostic Strategy to Public Health Solutions

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Histoplasmosis, caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Histoplasma spp., is a disease with a broad clinical spectrum, presenting from asymptomatic/flu-like symptoms to progressive disseminated disease in people with immunosuppression.
Diego H. Cáceres, Beatriz L. Gómez, Ángela M. Tobón, Ángela Restrepo, Tom Chiller, Mark D. Lindsley, Jacques F. Meis, Paul E. Verweij   +7 more
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A Simple Predictive Score to Distinguish between Disseminated Histoplasmosis and Tuberculosis in Patients with HIV

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Disseminated histoplasmosis is a common differential diagnosis of tuberculosis in disease-endemic areas. We aimed to find a predictive score to orient clinicians towards disseminated histoplasmosis or tuberculosis when facing a non-specific infectious ...
Mathieu Nacher, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Loïc Epelboin, Philippe Abboud, Frédégonde About, Magalie Demar, Félix Djossou, Romain Blaizot, Maylis Douine, Nadia Sabbah, Nicolas Vignier, Leila Adriouch, Aude Lucarelli, Mathilde Boutrou, Pierre Couppié, Antoine Adenis   +15 more
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Cholestasis and disseminated histoplasmosis in a psoriatic patient on infliximab: case report and review of literature

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background Histoplasma capsulatum is the most common endemic mycosis in the United States and frequently presents as an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts.
Steven Park, Janice Cheong, Kaitlin Kyi, Jose Aranez, Sohaib Abu-Farsakh, Christa Whitney-Miller, Bandar Al-Judaibi, Marie Laryea   +7 more
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Getting Histoplasmosis on the Map of International Recommendations for Patients with Advanced HIV Disease

Journal of Fungi, 2019
Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis, caused by H. capsulatum, is a life-threatening illness and is an AIDS-defining opportunistic infection. It is neglected, worryingly under-diagnosed, and often misdiagnosed as cancer or tuberculosis with fatal ...
Felix Bongomin, Richard Kwizera, David W. Denning   +2 more
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Histoplasmosis of the gallbladder

IDCases, 2020
Histoplasmosis of the gallbladder is an extremely rare condition. We present the case of cholecystitis due to progressive, disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent woman.
Cassidy Claassen, Christopher Grove, Paul Saleeb   +2 more
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Histoplasmosis in African children: clinical features, diagnosis and treatment

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022
Most of the reviews on histoplasmosis documented in literature have been in the adult population. Very few studies highlight the peculiarities associated with histoplasmosis in Africa especially in the pediatric population.
Bassey Ewa Ekeng, Kevin Edem, Patricia Akintan, Rita O. Oladele   +3 more
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Frequency and Duration of, and Risk Factors for, Diagnostic Delays Associated with Histoplasmosis

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Histoplasmosis is often confused with other diseases leading to diagnostic delays. We estimated the incidence, length of, and risk factors for, diagnostic delays associated with histoplasmosis.
Aaron C. Miller, Alan T. Arakkal, Scott H. Koeneman, Joseph E. Cavanaugh, George R. Thompson, John W. Baddley, Philip M. Polgreen   +6 more
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Oropharyngeal histoplasmosis: report of eleven cases and review of the literature

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis endemic in Brazil, especially in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, where Histoplasma capsulatum was isolated from the soil. H.
Vicente Sperb Antonello, Vanice Ferrazza Zaltron, Marcela Vial, Flávio Mattos de Oliveira, Luiz Carlos Severo   +4 more
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