Histoplasma capsulatum sinusitis: case report and review.
Histoplasma capsulatum has not typically been associated with sinusitis in either immunocompetent or immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of sinusitis caused by H. capsulatum in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and discuss the reported cases of this rare clinical manifestation of histoplasmosis in the medical literature.
Alves
Marcelle D
MD
Section of Infectious Diseases and Hematology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos 2350, 90630-000, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Pinheiro
Lia
L
Manica
Denise
D
Fogliatto
Laura M
LM
Fraga
Christina
C
Goldani
Luciano Z
LZ
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