| Autor: |
Souza DC; Hospital Unimed Nova Friburgo, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Rodrigues-Neto AA; Hospital Unimed Nova Friburgo, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Monnerat GMB; Hospital Unimed Nova Friburgo, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Sardou M; Hospital Unimed Nova Friburgo, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Hottz PL; Hospital Unimed Nova Friburgo, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Oliveira J; Hospital Unimed Nova Friburgo, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., McBenedict B; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Vilte RMCV; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Fonseca SC; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Departamento de Epidemiologia e Bioestatística, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Martins EB; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Abstrakt: |
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis prevalent in the Americas. Humans become infected via the respiratory route by inhaling aerosols from soil contaminated with bird and bat excretions. Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis is usually asymptomatic and is more often a self-limiting illness. We report a series of seven acute pulmonary cases in adults during an outbreak in Nova Friburgo city, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, in a group of volunteers who were cleaning an old, abandoned house without using personal protective equipment. The patients had a favorable evolution after suitable treatment, but all required hospitalization. |
