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Infection by Histoplasma capsulatum

MedGen UID:
509229
•Concept ID:
C0153261
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Histoplasma capsulatum Infection; Histoplasma capsulatum Infections; Infection, Histoplasma capsulatum
SNOMED CT: Infection by Histoplasma capsulatum (76255006); Darling's disease (76255006); Small form histoplasmosis (76255006); Infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum (76255006)

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Novel clinical and dual infection by Histoplasma capsulatum genotypes in HIV patients from Northeastern, Brazil.
Damasceno LS, Teixeira MM, Barker BM, Almeida MA, Muniz MM, Pizzini CV, Mesquita JRL, Rodríguez-Arellanes G, Ramírez JA, Vite-Garín T, Leitão TDMJS, Taylor ML, Almeida-Paes R, Zancopé-Oliveira RM
Sci Rep 2019 Aug 13;9(1):11789. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48111-6. PMID: 31409874Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Novel clinical and dual infection by Histoplasma capsulatum genotypes in HIV patients from Northeastern, Brazil.
Damasceno LS, Teixeira MM, Barker BM, Almeida MA, Muniz MM, Pizzini CV, Mesquita JRL, Rodríguez-Arellanes G, Ramírez JA, Vite-Garín T, Leitão TDMJS, Taylor ML, Almeida-Paes R, Zancopé-Oliveira RM
Sci Rep 2019 Aug 13;9(1):11789. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48111-6. PMID: 31409874Free PMC Article
Mixed infection by Histoplasma capsulatum isolates with different mating types in Brazilian AIDS-patients.
Damasceno LS, Vite-Garín T, Ramírez JA, Rodríguez-Arellanes G, Almeida MA, Muniz MM, Mesquita JRL, Leitão TDMJS, Taylor ML, Zancopé-Oliveira RM
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2019 Feb 14;61:e8. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946201961008. PMID: 30785562Free PMC Article
Histoplasmosis in immunocompetent individuals living in an endemic area in the Brazilian Southeast.
Faiolla RC, Coelho MC, Santana Rde C, Martinez R
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2013 Jul-Aug;46(4):461-5. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0124-2013. PMID: 23982099
A rare cause of an ileocecal fistula in an AIDS patient. Gastrointestinal infection by Histoplasma capsulatum infection identified with internal transcribed spacer primer sets.
Zarrinpar A, Lin GY, Lonergan JT
Gastroenterology 2013 Apr;144(4):697, 857-8. Epub 2013 Feb 26 doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.11.030. PMID: 23499285Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Primary Central Nervous System Infection by Histoplasma in an Immunocompetent Adult.
de Almeida SM, Imano ECM, Vicente VA, Gomes RR, Trentin AP, Zamarchi K, Schneider GX, Pinheiro RL, da Silva NM, de Hoog GS
Mycopathologia 2020 Apr;185(2):331-338. Epub 2020 Jan 27 doi: 10.1007/s11046-019-00394-z. PMID: 31989393
Infection by Histoplasma capsulatum, Cryptococcus spp. and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in bats collected in urban areas.
da Paz GS, Adorno BMV, Richini-Pereira VB, Bosco SMG, Langoni H
Transbound Emerg Dis 2018 Dec;65(6):1797-1805. Epub 2018 Sep 16 doi: 10.1111/tbed.12955. PMID: 30296014
Mucocutaneous Manifestations of Infection by Histoplasma capsulatum in HIV-Negative Immunosuppressed Patients.
Gómez-Santana LV, Torre AC, Hernández BA, Volonteri VI, Laura B, Luis-Galimberti R
Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed) 2018 May;109(4):e27-e32. Epub 2018 Feb 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2017.08.006. PMID: 29429549
Histoplasmosis of the larynx.
Subramaniam S, Abdullah AH, Hairuzah I
Med J Malaysia 2005 Aug;60(3):386-8. PMID: 16379201
Mediastinal fibrosis complicating histoplasmosis.
Loyd JE, Tillman BF, Atkinson JB, Des Prez RM
Medicine (Baltimore) 1988 Sep;67(5):295-310. doi: 10.1097/00005792-198809000-00002. PMID: 3045478

Therapy

Colonic Infection by Histoplasma capsulatum in a Liver Transplant Patient: A Case Report.
Ferreira GSA, Watanabe ALC, Trevizoli NC, Jorge FMF, Camposa PB, Couto CF, Lima LV, Raupp DRL
Transplant Proc 2020 Jun;52(5):1413-1416. Epub 2020 Mar 18 doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.01.071. PMID: 32197866
A rare cause of an ileocecal fistula in an AIDS patient. Gastrointestinal infection by Histoplasma capsulatum infection identified with internal transcribed spacer primer sets.
Zarrinpar A, Lin GY, Lonergan JT
Gastroenterology 2013 Apr;144(4):697, 857-8. Epub 2013 Feb 26 doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.11.030. PMID: 23499285Free PMC Article
Histoplasma capsulatum peritonitis associated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Lopes JO, Alves SH, Benevenga JP, Regio OR, Calil A
Mycopathologia 1993 May;122(2):101-2. doi: 10.1007/BF01103606. PMID: 8326997

Prognosis

Flip flop fungus sign: an FDG PET sign of benign pulmonary nodules.
Kraskovsky V, MacKenzie B, Arshad A, Mador MJ
BMJ Case Rep 2020 Nov 30;13(11) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236231. PMID: 33257367Free PMC Article
African histoplasmosis in a Guinea Bissau patient with HIV-2: Case report and review.
Cipriano A, Neves-Maia J, Lopes V, Fleming CE, Ferreira MA, Bathay J
J Mycol Med 2020 Apr;30(1):100904. Epub 2019 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2019.100904. PMID: 31706701
Identifying molecularly defined antigens for a Histoplasma capsulatum-specific interferon gamma release assay.
Rubio-Carrasquilla M, Ochoa R, Santa C, Guimarães AJ, Cano LE, Moreno E
Rev Iberoam Micol 2019 Oct-Dec;36(4):186-191. Epub 2019 Nov 19 doi: 10.1016/j.riam.2019.06.002. PMID: 31757594

Clinical prediction guides

Identifying molecularly defined antigens for a Histoplasma capsulatum-specific interferon gamma release assay.
Rubio-Carrasquilla M, Ochoa R, Santa C, Guimarães AJ, Cano LE, Moreno E
Rev Iberoam Micol 2019 Oct-Dec;36(4):186-191. Epub 2019 Nov 19 doi: 10.1016/j.riam.2019.06.002. PMID: 31757594
Novel clinical and dual infection by Histoplasma capsulatum genotypes in HIV patients from Northeastern, Brazil.
Damasceno LS, Teixeira MM, Barker BM, Almeida MA, Muniz MM, Pizzini CV, Mesquita JRL, Rodríguez-Arellanes G, Ramírez JA, Vite-Garín T, Leitão TDMJS, Taylor ML, Almeida-Paes R, Zancopé-Oliveira RM
Sci Rep 2019 Aug 13;9(1):11789. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48111-6. PMID: 31409874Free PMC Article

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