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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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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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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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Histoplasmosis and asplenia [PDF]

Thorax, 2010
A 42-year-old asplenic woman was evaluated for a 2-week history of intermittent high-grade fevers and pleuritic chest pain and skin rash (figure 1). A CT scan of the chest showed multiple small nodules on both lungs (figure 2). Fungal serological studies were negative. A skin biopsy revealed palisading dermal granulomatous …
Samar Harris, Harris V K Naina, Charles F. Thomas   +2 more
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Disseminated Histoplasmosis detected on peripheral blood smear examination in immunocompetent patients from non endemic region – Report of two cases from a tertiary care hospital

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2020
Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic systemic infection caused by inhaling spores of a thermal dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Disseminated histoplasmosis is the most common form associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). However,
Neha Bagga, Kamna Sharma, Rajat K Tuteja, Satyaprakash Sharma, S R Negi, S L Mathur   +5 more
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Management and outcomes of histoplasmosis in youth with inflammatory bowel disease in an endemic area. [PDF]

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
Abstract Objective Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) prescribed immunosuppressive therapies including antitumor necrosis factor (aTNF) therapies are at increased risk of histoplasmosis. We aim to evaluate the presentation, management, and outcomes of youth with IBD and concurrent histoplasmosis.
Wright JC, Ardura MI, Dotson JL, Boyle B, Maltz RM, Michel HK.   +5 more
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Histoplasmosis: An epidemiological and clinical update in China, review and a case report

Mycology
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungus in the genus Histoplasma. Histoplasmosis is overlooked in China. This study aims to provide an epidemiological and clinical update on histoplasmosis in China by literature review.
Lihua Chen, Danyang Hu, Congming Zhang, Tianrui Wu, Xiangning Cheng, Ferry Hagen, Hui Zhu, Shuwen Deng   +7 more
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Adrenal histoplasmosis : a rare cause of bilateral adrenomegaly

Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2016
Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection caused by a dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasmosis causing bilateral adrenal involvement is rare and usually occurs only in immunocompromised individuals with disseminated disease.
PP Subedi, S Chapagain, DK Thakur, S Poudyal, BR Luitel, PR Chalise, UK Sharma, PR Gyawali, GK Shrestha   +8 more
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Primary Cutaneous Histoplasmosis Masquerading as Lepromatous Leprosy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Histoplasmosis is a genus of dimorphic fungi having various varieties of which the commonest one causing infection is Histoplasma capsulatum known to cause histoplasmosis.
Jenna Blah Bhattacharya, Poonam Rani, Radhika Aggarwal, Seema Kaushal   +3 more
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