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Histoplasma capsulatum and Mycobacterium avium co-infection in an immunocompromised patient: Case report and literature review

Year: 2020

Type: article

Study design: Case Report

Abstract: We report a case of fungal and mycobacterial co-infection in an immunosuppressed patient from Southern Brazil. Histoplasmosis was diagnosed in an AIDS patient admitted to the hospital with nonspecific respiratory signs. However, 4 months post hospital discharge, the patient worsened and a co-infection with Mycobacterium avium was detected. Physicians must consider and investigate a broad spectrum of diseases which can occur as co-infections and which share the same clinical symptoms and signs in immunosuppressed patients.

Source: Medical Mycology Case Reports

DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.04.001

Authors: Rossana Patricia Basso, Vanice Rodrigues Poester, Jussara Maria Silveira, Roseli Stone Vieira, Luisa Dias da Mota, Gabriel Baracy Klafke, Jéssica Nunes Müller, Crislaine Padilha Penna, Júlia Silveira Vianna, Caroline Busatto, Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva, Ivy Bastos Ramis, David A. Stevens, Melissa Orzechowski Xavier

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, California Institute for Medical Research, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Fungal Infections and Studies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $450

Funders: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Ministério da Educação

Award: G29316538

OpenAlex ID: W3016134897

FWCI: 0.35

Cites: 18

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10