Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Young Thai Male

Subdural Empyema in Disseminated Histoplasmosis

A 34-year-old man presented with two episodes of generalized tonic–clonic seizures and fever for 1 day. Two months back, he was admitted with high grade fever, productive cough, cervical lymphadenopathy, left lower lobe consolidation, and multiple skin abscesses. The pus from the abscess was drained and the abscess wall histopathology revealed intracellular oval shaped fungal organisms with nar...

Disseminated CNS histoplasmosis.

Although an estimated 40 million Americans have been infected with Histoplasma capsulatum [1], CNS involvement is rare except in the disseminated form. Lesions of the CNS have been reported to occur in nearly one fourth of the documented cases of disseminated histoplasmosis [2], but only in a few cases has the infection solely involved the CNS [3, 4]. This article details the cranial CT and spi...

Disseminated histoplasmosis in a non-immunocompromised child.

We describe a 2 year-old non-immunocompromised girl with disseminated histoplasmosis who presented with a 2-month history of fever and bloody diarrhoea. On presentation, she was severely wasted and anaemic. There were gross hepatosplenomegaly and multiple lymphadenopathy. A septic screen was negative. A subsequent stool culture isolated Salmonella enteriditis. Serial Widal-Weil Felix (WWF) titr...

Chronic Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Young Immunocompetant Patient of Hypobetalipoproteinemia: A Rare Presentation

Disseminated histoplasmosis is commonly found in immunocompromised patients in association with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in endemic regions but is rare in other parts of the world. We herein describe a case of sub acute disseminated histoplasmosis in a young 20-year-old lady presenting with the chief complaints of pyrexia of unknown origin, loose stools and generalized body swelling w...

Disseminated histoplasmosis and its treatment.