Human T Lymphotropic virus-1 associated gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in Peru | Zendy

Carlos CaneloAybar | Zendy; José Luis CuadraUrteaga | Zendy; Fernando Atencia | Zendy; Franco Romaní | Zendy

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Human T Lymphotropic virus-1 associated gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in Peru

Author(s) -

Carlos CaneloAybar,

José Luis CuadraUrteaga,

Fernando Atencia,

Franco Romaní

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1030

Subject(s) - histoplasmosis , medicine , coinfection , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , immunology , virology

We report a 72-year-old patient with chronic diarrhoea and histologic evidence of gastrointestinal histoplasmosis. He had no history of HIV or of taking immunosuppressive drugs. The patient was found to be a carrier of Human T-lymphotropic virus-1, a condition associated with inflammatory, lymphoproliferative, and opportunistic infectious diseases. To our knowledge, there are only three previous cases reporting this coinfection and this is the first documented case with gastrointestinal involvement.

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