Presentation of histoplasmosis as mononucleosis syndrome in an immunocompetent patient
| Autor: | Sandra Valderrama, Mercedes Olaya-C, Andrés Duarte |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty 030106 microbiology 030231 tropical medicine Mononucleosis syndrome Case Report Microbiology Histoplasmosis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Biopsy Medicine lcsh:QH301-705.5 lcsh:R5-920 medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Dermatology Rash Fungal disease Infectious Diseases lcsh:Biology (General) medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) lcsh:Medicine (General) business Odynophagia Immunocompetent patient Visceromegaly |
| Zdroj: | Medical Mycology Case Reports Medical Mycology Case Reports, Vol 26, Iss, Pp 61-63 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2211-7539 |
| Popis: | Histoplasmosis is a fungal disease usually occurring in endemic areas that can affect immuno-impaired patients in whom pulmonary involvement is the rule. We present the case of an 18 year-old immunocompetent, male patient, resident of the State of Florida, who showed signs of mononucleosis syndrome that included odynophagia, cervical adenomegaly, sporadic fever and rash; however, no pulmonary involvement or visceromegaly were present. Faced with this atypical and unexpected clinical picture, histoplasmosis infection was eventually diagnosed following cervical lymph-node biopsy. Disseminated histoplasmosis may have unexpected manifestations, as is pointed out in the case described below. Highlights • Histoplasma as mononucleosis. • Without pulmonary involvement. • Histoplasma from USA to Colombia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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