Case report: severe juvenile type paracoccidioidomycosis with hepatitis C.
We present the case of a 34-year-old man with previous history of hepatitis C and severe juvenile type of paracoccidioidomycosis characterized by involvement of the reticuloendothelial system, eosinophilia, lung compromise (pleural effusion), retinal hemorrhage, and blood culture positive to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The immune evaluation showed four precipitation lines to P. brasiliensis by the double immunodiffusion test. Treatment with amphotericin B and itraconazol resulted in resolution of the disease.
Pellegrino
Antonella
A
Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, UCV, Venezuela.
de Capriles
Claudia Hartung
CH
Magaldi
Sylvia
S
Montes de Oca
Israel
I
Ruiz
Marìa Elena
ME
Pérez
Celina
C
Mata-Essayag
Sofía
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008297:Male; D012157:Mononuclear Phagocyte System / Q000473:pathology; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology