title: Indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis, Taiwan.
abstract: We report the first indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis in Taiwan diagnosed by histopathology of bone marrow, microbiologic morphology, and PCR assay of the isolated fungus. This case suggests that histoplasmosis should be 1 of the differential diagnoses of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients in Taiwan.
authors: E-Da Hospital and I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Chung-Hsu
authors: CH
authors: Lai
authors: Chun-Kai
authors: CK
authors: Huang
authors: Chuen
authors: C
authors: Chin
authors: Ya-Ting
authors: YT
authors: Yang
authors: Hsiu-Fang
authors: HF
authors: Lin
authors: Hsi-Hsun
authors: HH
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B