Histoplasmosis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: a 21-year experience

Authors

  • Luiz Carlos SEVERO Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Faculdade de Medicina
  • Flávio de Mattos OLIVEIRA Santa Casa; Instituto Especializado em Pesquisa e Diagnóstico; Laboratório de Microbiologia Clínica
  • Klaus IRION Santa Casa; Pavilhão Pereira Filho
  • Nelson da Silva PORTO Santa Casa; Pavilhão Pereira Filho
  • Alberto Thomaz LONDERO Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Keywords:

Histoplasmosis, Histoplasma capsulatum, HIV infection, Brazil

Abstract

Of 156 cases of histoplasmosis observed in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), during a 21-year period (1978-1999) 137 were included in this study. Sixty-seven per cent of the patients had hematogeneous disseminated histoplasmosis, 24% had a self-limited syndrome (acute pulmonary histoplasmosis, histoplasmoma or primary pulmonary lymph node complex), and 9 per cent had chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis. Clinical, mycological, and epidemiological data were reviewed and commented.

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Published

2001-08-01

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 4 (2001)

Section

Mycology

How to Cite

SEVERO, L. C., OLIVEIRA, F. de M., IRION, K., PORTO, N. da S., & LONDERO, A. T. (2001). Histoplasmosis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: a 21-year experience . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 43(4), 183-187. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/30522