Pulmonary Histoplasma Infection After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Case Report and Review of the Literature | Zendy

Mukil Natarajan | Zendy; Matthew J. Swierzbinski | Zendy; Sandra Maxwell | Zendy; Adrian M. Zelazny | Zendy; Gary A. Fahle | Zendy; Martha Quezado | Zendy; John Barrett | Zendy; Minoo Battiwalla | Zendy; Michail S. Lionakis | Zendy

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Pulmonary Histoplasma Infection After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Mukil Natarajan,

Matthew J. Swierzbinski,

Sandra Maxwell,

Adrian M. Zelazny,

Gary A. Fahle,

Martha Quezado,

John Barrett,

Minoo Battiwalla,

Michail S. Lionakis

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx041

Subject(s) - medicine , histoplasmosis , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , histoplasma , stem cell , transplantation , pulmonary infection , population , immunology , histoplasma capsulatum , surgery , environmental health , biology , genetics

Histoplasmosis causes a wide spectrum of clinical illness, including disseminated infection in the immunocompromised. We report a case of pulmonary histoplasmosis in an allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient and review the literature on this topic. Histoplasmosis in this patient population is uncommon, but it is associated with poor outcome.

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