Histoplasmosis en un varón inmunocompetente manifestada 45 años después de la infección |
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Authors: | Josep M Torres-Rodríguez Gemma Segura-Roca Joaquín Coll |
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Institution: | 1. Unitat de Recerca en Malalties Infeccioses i Micologia, Unidad Docente del IMAS, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España;2. Unidad Docente del IMAS, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, España |
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Abstract: | We report a case of a lung reactivation of a latent histoplasmosis in a 68 year-old patient without immunologic dysfunction living in Barcelona (Spain).The Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum infection was probably acquired in a previous stay in Equatorial Guinea 48 years before.Diagnosis of mild chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis was performed by histopathology of lung biopsy plus antibodies detection against H. capsulatum. Treatment with oral itraconazol during three months leaded to a complete clinical cure, and antibodies disappeared after four years of follow up. |
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