Histoplasma capsulatum infection in three AIDS patients living in Africa

Scand J Infect Dis. 1995;27(1):89-91. doi: 10.3109/00365549509018983.

Abstract

Three AIDS patients are reported, 2 European and 1 African. All 3 developed Histoplasma capsulatum infection while living in Africa. Two developed a pulmonary infiltrate, and 2 had skin lesions. One patient was successfully treated with itraconazole, 400 mg daily; in a second patient, itraconazole was partially successful; the third patient was lost to follow-up before adequate treatment could be started. Histoplasma infection is probably an often undiagnosed complication in African AIDS patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / pathology
  • Adult
  • Africa
  • Dermatomycoses / complications*
  • Dermatomycoses / pathology
  • Histoplasmosis / complications*
  • Histoplasmosis / drug therapy
  • Histoplasmosis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / pathology
  • Male

Substances

  • Itraconazole