DISSEMINATED FUNGAL INFECTION WITH ADRENAL INVOLVEMENT: REPORT OF TWO HIV NEGATIVE BRAZILIAN PATIENTS / Infecções fúngicas disseminadas com acometimento das supra-renais: descrição de dois pacientes brasileiros HIV-negativos
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
; 57(6): 527-530, Nov.-Dec. 2015. graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis are systemic fungal infections endemic in Brazil. Disseminated clinical forms are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. We describe two HIV-negative patients with disseminated fungal infections, paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis, who were diagnosed by biopsies of suprarenal lesions. Both were treated for a prolonged period with oral antifungal agents, and both showed favorable outcomes.
RESUMO
A paracoccidioidomicose e a histoplasmose são infecções fúngicas sistêmicas endêmicas no Brasil. As formas clínicas disseminadas são incomuns em pacientes imunocompetentes. Nós descrevemos dois pacientes HIV-negativos com infecções fúngicas disseminadas, paracoccidioidomicose e histoplasmose, que foram diagnosticadas por biópsias de lesões de supra-renal. Ambos foram tratados por períodos prolongados com antifúngicos orais, evoluindo com boa resposta terapêutica.
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Main subject:
Paracoccidioidomycosis
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Adrenal Gland Diseases
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Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
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Facial Dermatoses
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Histoplasmosis
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Edmundo Vasconcelos/BR