title: Human T Lymphotropic virus-1 associated gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in Peru.
abstract: We report a 72-year-old patient with chronic diarrhoea and histologic evidence of gastrointestinal histoplasmosis. He had no history of HIV or of taking immunosuppressive drugs. The patient was found to be a carrier of Human T-lymphotropic virus-1, a condition associated with inflammatory, lymphoproliferative, and opportunistic infectious diseases. To our knowledge, there are only three previous cases reporting this coinfection and this is the first documented case with gastrointestinal involvement.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Arzobispo Loayza Hospital, Lima, Peru. carlos.canelo@hotmail.com
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Canelo-Aybar
authors: Jose
authors: J
authors: Cuadra-Urteaga
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Atencia
authors: Franco
authors: F
authors: Romani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru