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Crohn's disease or histoplasmosis? A case of severe disseminated histoplasmosis mimicking Crohn's disease and literature review
- Source :
- Medical Mycology Case Reports, Vol 30, Iss, Pp 8-11 (2020), Medical Mycology Case Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2020.
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Abstract
- Disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) often mimics other diseases, leading to misdiagnosis and delays in treatment. We present a patient who developed DH after treatment with immunosuppressants for an initial diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Upon diagnosing her with DH, liposomal amphotericin B was started, and she eventually recovered after a prolonged hospitalization. Intrabdominal histoplasmosis has many similarities with IBD. Treatment with immunosuppressants in undiagnosed histoplasmosis can lead to dissemination with potentially catastrophic results.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Gastrointestinal bleeding
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
030106 microbiology
030231 tropical medicine
Case Report
Microbiology
Inflammatory bowel disease
Histoplasmosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Disseminated histoplasmosis
medicine
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Crohn's disease
lcsh:R5-920
business.industry
Immunosuppression
medicine.disease
Dermatology
digestive system diseases
Infectious Diseases
lcsh:Biology (General)
Liposomal amphotericin
business
lcsh:Medicine (General)
After treatment
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22117539
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Mycology Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....33396f16dde05da8fba5f43265dc3162