Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients from West-Africa: report of four imported cases in Italy

Infez Med. 2011 Mar;19(1):49-55.

Abstract

We report four imported cases of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) due to Histoplasma capsulatum variety capsulatum in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected patients from West Africa. This report highlights the need to consider diagnosis of PDH among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who originate from West Africa and present with a prolonged febrile illness and very low CD4 count.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology*
  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow / microbiology
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Comorbidity
  • Cote d'Ivoire / ethnology
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
  • Emigrants and Immigrants*
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Female
  • Ghana / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis
  • HIV-1*
  • HIV-2*
  • Histoplasma / isolation & purification*
  • Histoplasmosis / diagnosis
  • Histoplasmosis / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Liberia / ethnology
  • Male
  • Senegal / ethnology
  • Strongyloidiasis / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications