Atypical presentations of histoplasmosis: hemolytic anemia. Case report and literature review

Histoplasmosis is a granulomatous disease, produced by Histoplasma capsulatum. This fungus causes a wide range of clinical manifestations; the most common is the pulmonary form. In some cases, atypical presentations are described. Case report: a 70 year old male patient, from Barinas, Venezuela, who...

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Main Authors: María Eugenia Landaeta (Author), Sofía Mata-Essayag (Author), Maria Teresa Colella (Author), Vanessa Pineda (Author), Joaquin Inaty (Author)
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Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Histoplasmosis is a granulomatous disease, produced by Histoplasma capsulatum. This fungus causes a wide range of clinical manifestations; the most common is the pulmonary form. In some cases, atypical presentations are described. Case report: a 70 year old male patient, from Barinas, Venezuela, who worked in a chicken farm, with diagnosis of histoplasmosis and hemolytic anemia is described. The patient improved with antifungal treatment. Conclusions: in Venezuela, an endemic area for this mycosis, clinicians must have a high suspicion index for this disease, taking into account risk factors, such as age and epidemiology. To our knowledge, this is the third case report in the literature.
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