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Postpartum histoplasmosis in an HIV-negative woman: a case report and phylogene...
Damasceno,Lisandra Serra; Almeida Júnior,Antônio Mauro Barros; Aguiar,Bárbara de Oliveira; Muniz,Mauro de Medeiros; Almeida,Marcos de AbreuAbstract The present report describes the first case of postpartum disseminated histoplasmosis in a 24-year-old HIV-negative woman. On the tenth day after vaginal delivery, the patient presented with dyspnea, fever, hypotension, tachycardia, and painful hepatomegaly. Yeast-like Histoplasma capsulatum features were isolated in the buffy coat. The phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the fungal isolate was sim...
Fatal septic shock caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis phylogenetic species...
Macedo,Priscila Marques de; Almeida-Paes,Rodrigo; Almeida,Marcos de Abreu; Coelho,Rowena Alves; Oliveira Filho,Marcio Amaral de; Medeiros,Denise MachadoAbstract The authors report the first case of fatal septic shock, a rare clinical presentation of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis S1. We also provide an immunological evaluation of the patient. Severe clinical signs such as organ dysfunction and digital gangrene occurred in this case. The patient presented a remarkable cell activation profile and diminished percentage of per...