DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS AS AIDS PRESENTATION. CASE REPORT AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE
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Disseminated histoplasmosis, HIV, AIDS, Histoplasma capsulatum
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Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) is an AIDS-defining illness with a high lethality rate if not promptly treated. The wide range of its possible clinical manifestations represents the main barrier to diagnosis in non-endemic countries. Here we present a case of PDH with haemophagocytic syndrome in a newly diagnosed HIV patient and a comprehensive review of disseminated histoplasmosis focused on epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic tools and treatment options in HIV-infected patients.
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33 Nyalakonda H, Albuerne M, Suazo Hernandez LP, Sarria JC. Central Nervous System Histoplasmosis in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Am J Med Sci. 2016 Feb;351(2):177-86.
34 Wheat LJ, Musial CE, Jenny-Avital E. Diagnosis and management of central nervous system histoplasmosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Mar 15;40(6):844-52.
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36 Klein IP, Martins MA, Martins MD, Carrard VC. Diagnosis of HIV infection on the basis of histoplasmosis-related oral ulceration. Spec Care Dentist. 2016 Mar-Apr;36(2):99-103.
37 Koene RJ, Catanese J, Sarosi GA. Adrenal hypofunction from histoplasmosis: a literature review from 1971 to 2012. Infection. 2013 Aug;41(4):757-9.
38 Nimitvilai S, Thammaprasert W, Vinyuvat S. Histoplasmosis myositis: a case report and literature review. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2015 Jul;46(4):738-42.
39 Mambie A, Pasquet A, Melliez H, Bonne S, Blanc AL, Patoz P, Ajana F. A case of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome related to a disseminated histoplasmosis in an HIV-1 infected patient. AIDS. 2013 Aug 24;27(13):2170-2.
40 Silva TC, Treméa CM, Zara AL, Mendonça AF, Godoy CS, Costa CR, Souza LK, Silva MR. Prevalence and lethality among patients with histoplasmosis and AIDS in the Midwest Region of Brazil. Mycoses. 2017 Jan;60(1):59-65.
41 Gupta N, Arora SK, Rajwanshi A, Nijhawan R, Srinivasan R. Histoplasmosis: cytodiagnosis and review of literature with special emphasis on differential diagnosis on cytomorphology. Cytopathology. 2010 Aug;21(4):240-4.
42 Qin L, Zhao L, Tan C, Chen XU, Yang Z, Mo W. A novel method of combining Periodic Acid Schiff staining with Wright-Giemsa staining to identify the pathogens Penicillium marneffei, Histoplasma capsulatum, Mucor and Leishmania donovani in bone marrow smears. Exp Ther Med. 2015 May;9(5):1950-1954.
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