Granulomatous mastitis due to coinfection with Histoplasma sp. and Paracoccidioides sp.: A case report

Autor: Jacinto Pineda, María Eugenia Landaeta, Rommie Lucia Merino-Alado, Juan Hernandez Rasquin, Sofía Mata-Essayag
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Medical Mycology Case Reports
Medical Mycology Case Reports, Vol 27, Iss, Pp 52-54 (2020)
ISSN: 2211-7539
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.01.006
Popis: A 51 years old female patient with granulomatous mastitis diagnosis, was referred to the Medical Mycology Department “Dr. Dante Borelli” at the Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela (IMT-UCV). Mycological diagnosis demonstrated the presence of intracellular yeast structures suggesting Histoplasma sp. and also multi-budding structures compatible with Paracoccidioides sp. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of a granulomatous mastitits due to coinfection of both fungi. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Histoplasmosis, Paracoccidioidomycoses, Granulomatous, Mycoses, Mastitits
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