Imported concomitant coccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis in an HIV-infected Colombian migrant in France.
We report the case of a Colombian immunosuppressed migrant hospitalized in France with fever, dry cough and altered general health. Results of blood culture and bronchoalveolar lavage led to the diagnosis of the first reported case of concomitant disseminated histoplasmosis and pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in an HIV-infected patient.
Pistone
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Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012, Paris, France. thierry.pistone@chu-bordeaux.fr
Lacombe
K
K
Poirot
J L
JL
Girard
P M
PM
Meynard
J L
JL
D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005602:France; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014171:Transients and Migrants