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Histoplasmose disseminada aguda em indivíduo imu- nocompetente
Fortaleza, Simone Castelo Branco; Lopes, Silvia Karine de Albuquerque; Bandeira, Tereza de Jesus; Nogueira, Teresa Neuma Albuquerque GomesHistoplasmosis is a fungal disease caused by inhalation of Histoplasma capsulatum fungus. The disease does not normally affect immunocompetent individuals after a single, transient inhalation exposure. However, longer exposure may cause chronic or disseminated acute pulmonary infection. In immunocompromised patients, the infection is disseminated and severe. We report the case of a 13- year-old immunocompetent ...
Date: 2013
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