4.1 Article

A Case of Isolated Gastrointestinal Histoplasmosis

期刊

CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
卷 10, 期 7, 页码 -

出版社

SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.2951

关键词

intestinal histoplasmosis; disseminated histoplasmosis; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

向作者/读者索取更多资源

Histoplasmosis is a self-limited and asymptomatic disease in immunocompetent individuals. Patients with untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or immune suppression due to medications such as corticosteroids can present with disseminated and life-threatening infections. We present a case of a 60-year-old female that presented with recurrent diarrhea that was found to have isolated gastrointestinal (GI) histoplasmosis. The rarity of this case is due to the isolated colonic involvement and lack of respiratory symptoms (the portal of infection). In conclusion, clinicians should be aware of isolated histoplasmosis affecting the GI tract and careful endoscopic evaluation with adequate sampling is warranted to confirm the diagnosis.

作者

我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。

评论

主要评分

4.1
评分不足

次要评分

新颖性
-
重要性
-
科学严谨性
-
评价这篇论文

推荐

暂无数据
暂无数据