[Tibial abscess caused by histoplasma capsulatum].
Disseminated histoplasmosis is the most serious form of the disease produced by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasmosis was first described by Darling in 1906, and it is endemic in certain areas of Central and Southeastern regions of USA, and most Latin America countries, including the Pampa húmeda and Mesopotamia regions in Argentina, but in other continents it has a limited regional distribution. Lung involvement predominates in 90% of cases, but H. capsulatum may involve bone and soft tissues. Bone lesions without other signs of infection are very rare, and are often misdiagnosed as cancer. We report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a man with a myelodysplasia who presented a left tibial abscess, without any clinical evidence of pulmonary involvement. The patient was successfully treated with itraconazole.
de Fernández
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Microbiología, Instituto Quirúrgico del Callad, Buenos Aires. migf@infovia.com.ar
Negroni
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Arechavala
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D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D006658:Histoplasma; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013977:Tibia / Q000382:microbiology*