Disseminated histoplasmosis successfully treated with amphotericin B.
A 61-year-old woman presented with malaise, intermittent fever, weight loss, and epigastric pain. Histoplasma capsulatum was eventually isolated from a liver biopsy and from the bone marrow and the patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B.
D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000382:microbiology; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006400:Hematocrit; D006529:Hepatomegaly; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology
D000666:Amphotericin B; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase