A Rare Case of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Secondary to Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare presentation of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis. While histoplasmosis has been reported to cause hemoptysis and alveolar hemorrhage in children, the English language literature lacks any adult case reports documenting this association. We report a case of p...

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Main Authors: Kunal Grover, Hadeel Zainah, Shubhita Bhatnagar, Tricia Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/821749
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description Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare presentation of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis. While histoplasmosis has been reported to cause hemoptysis and alveolar hemorrhage in children, the English language literature lacks any adult case reports documenting this association. We report a case of pulmonary histoplasmosis where the initial presentation was pneumonia with a subsequent diagnosis of DAH.
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spelling doaj-art-fde44753e2cf4df29f3feaedcae6821c2025-02-03T01:27:45ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332015-01-01201510.1155/2015/821749821749A Rare Case of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Secondary to Acute Pulmonary HistoplasmosisKunal Grover0Hadeel Zainah1Shubhita Bhatnagar2Tricia Stein3Internal Medicine Department, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USAInfectious Diseases Division, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USAInfectious Diseases Division, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USAInfectious Diseases Division, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USADiffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare presentation of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis. While histoplasmosis has been reported to cause hemoptysis and alveolar hemorrhage in children, the English language literature lacks any adult case reports documenting this association. We report a case of pulmonary histoplasmosis where the initial presentation was pneumonia with a subsequent diagnosis of DAH.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/821749
spellingShingle Kunal Grover
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title A Rare Case of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Secondary to Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
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