Histoplasmosis in Africa: An emerging or a neglected disease?

• Autori principali: Rita O Oladele (Autore), Olusola O Ayanlowo (Autore), Malcolm D Richardson (Autore), David W Denning (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Histoplasmosis in Africa has markedly increased since the advent of the HIV/AIDS epidemic but is under-recognised. Pulmonary histoplasmosis may be misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (TB). In the last six decades (1952-2017), 470 cases of histoplasmosis have been reported. HIV-infected patients accounted f...