Disseminated Histoplasmosis and Secondary Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Non-HIV Patient

Histoplasma duboisii, a variant of Histoplasma capsulatum that causes “African histoplasmosis,” can be resistant to itraconazole, requiring intravenous amphotericin B treatment. Rarely, these patients do not respond to intravenous antifungal therapy, and in such cases, patients may progress to devel...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Kashif, Hassan Tariq, Mohsin Ijaz, Jose Gomez-Marquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/295735
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