Clinical and evolutionary characteristics of four patients with pulmonary histoplasmosis reported in the Paraíba Paulista Valley region
| Autor: | Chelna Paolichi Ferro Elias, Simone Birman, Emília Ângela Loschiavo Arisawa, Maria Stella Amorim da Costa Zöllner, Karla Mayra Rezende, Maria Angela Barguil Digigov Vilella Santos |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Arisawa, Emilia A L/E-8675-2010 |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Pulmonary histoplasmosis Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Doenças fúngicas pulmonares Itraconazole Epidemiology Histoplasmosis Young Adult Pharmacotherapy Tropical Medicine Medicine Humans Epidemiologia Pulmonary fungal disease Lung Diseases Fungal business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Histoplasmose Infectious Diseases Radiological weapon Parasitology Differential diagnosis business Tomography X-Ray Computed Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Scielo Repositório Institucional da UNITAU Universidade de Taubaté (UNITAU) instacron:UNITAU |
| Popis: | Made available in DSpace on 2019-09-11T20:58:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010 A histoplasmose do tipo pulmonar apresenta lesões limitadas aos pulmões, cujos sintomas são clínica e radiologicamente similares à tuberculose pulmonar crônica. Esse trabalho descreve as características clínicas de quatro casos de histoplasmose. Os aspectos do diagnósticos clínicos, epidemiológicos, laboratoriais e exames de imagem são relacionados, além da situação clínica dos indivíduos, 5 após o início da doença. O tratamento de escolha foi atravésde medicação oral, aonde todos os pacientes evoluíram bem. É importante conhecer o quadro clínico e da dificuldade em diagnosticar a histoplasmose para ajudar a conduzir as boas indicações dos casos, reduzindo assim o malentendido com outras entidades patológicas. The type of pulmonary histoplasmosis presents limited lesions to the lungs, with symptoms that are clinically and radiological similar to chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. This paper describes the clinical features of four cases of pulmonary histoplasmosis. Aspects of diagnostic and clinical, epidemiological, laboratorial and imaging exams are discussed, in addition to the clinical status of the individuals five years after disease onset. The treatment of choice was oral medication, following which all the patients improved. It is important to understand the clinical status and the difficulties concerning the differential diagnosis of histoplasmosis, to assist the proper indication of cases, thus reducing potential confusion with other diseases. [Rezende, Karla Mayra Pinto e Carvalho] Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Birman, Simone] Universidade de Taubaté, Brazil Zöllner, Maria Stella Amorim da Costa] Universidade de Taubaté, Brazil Santos, Maria Angela Barguil Digigov Vilella] Prefeitura Municipal de Taubaté, Brazil Elias, Chelna Paolichi Ferro] Hospital Municipal José de Carvalho Florence, Brazil Arisawa, Emília Ângela Loschiavo] Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, Brazil |
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