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Case Reports
. 2013 Aug;176(1-2):161-4.
doi: 10.1007/s11046-013-9669-5. Epub 2013 Jun 13.

Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in a hepatitis C-infected individual

Paul M Rodriguez-Waitkus  1 , Vafa Bayat, Elias George, Norbert Sule
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Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in a hepatitis C-infected individual

Paul M Rodriguez-Waitkus et al. Mycopathologia. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis is a rare manifestation of this fungal infection, typically identified in immunocompromised patients, such as those with HIV/AIDS. Here, we report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis with gastrointestinal involvement in a Hepatitis C-infected patient. The fungal agent was confirmed to be Histoplasma capsulatum by a DNA probe assay performed on a bone marrow sample. We propose that this fungal disease should be kept on the differential of patients infected with the Hepatitis C virus, as it has been reported to have numerous damaging effects on the adaptive immune system.

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