Histoplasma capsulatum infection in three AIDS patients living in Africa.
Three AIDS patients are reported, 2 European and 1 African. All 3 developed Histoplasma capsulatum infection while living in Africa. Two developed a pulmonary infiltrate, and 2 had skin lesions. One patient was successfully treated with itraconazole, 400 mg daily; in a second patient, itraconazole was partially successful; the third patient was lost to follow-up before adequate treatment could be started. Histoplasma infection is probably an often undiagnosed complication in African AIDS patients.
Colebunders
R
R
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium.
van den Abbeele
K
K
Hauben
E
E
Verstraeten
T
T
Heremans
T
T
van den Ende
J
J
van Marck
E
E
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
D017964:Itraconazole