Indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis, Taiwan.
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.
Lai
Chung-Hsu
CH
E-Da Hospital and I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Huang
Chun-Kai
CK
Chin
Chuen
C
Yang
Ya-Ting
YT
Lin
Hsiu-Fang
HF
Lin
Hsi-Hsun
HH
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
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B