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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...
Diagnosis of histoplasmosis
Guimarães,Allan Jefferson; Nosanchuk,Joshua D.; Zancopé-Oliveira,Rosely MariaEndemic mycoses can be challenging to diagnose and accurate interpretation of laboratory data is important to ensure the most appropriate treatment for the patients. Although the definitive diagnosis of histoplasmosis (HP), one of the most frequent endemic mycoses in the world, is achieved by direct diagnosis performed by micro and/or macroscopic observation of Histoplasma capsulatum (H. capsulatum), serologic ...
Isolamento do Histoplasma capsulatum de animais silvestres no município do Rio ...
Zancopé-Oliveira,Rosely Maria; Wanke,BodoEm um estudo realizado em 103 animais silvestres capturados em Rio da Prata, região periurbana do município do Rio de Janeiro, Histoplasma capsulatum foi isolado de fígado e baço de um roedor Rattus rattus e de dois marsupials Metachirus opossum. Pela primeira vez se descreve a infecção naturalmente adquirida nesta espécie marsupial, popularmente conhecida como cuíca. Os animais infectados não apresentaram sint...