Histoplasmosis pulmonar: presentación de un caso

Abstract

Histoplasmosis is the most common of geographic mycoses; in Chile, infection caused by this dysmorphic fungus has been reported only sporadically among persons who have traveled to endemic areas. We report a healthy patient case who consulted 6 months after her trip, with chest pain as single symptom. Surgery and histological study of the pulmonary nodule showed that it was a pulmonary histoplasmosis case.

Histoplasma capsulatum: ¿un agente emergente para Chile?

“…En nuestro país, y según consta en la literatura médica, sólo se han comunicado casos de histoplasmosis en pacientes chilenos que han visitado zonas geográficas endémicas, o extranjeros de visita o residentes en territorio nacional (Cabello et al, 2002;Cruz et al, 2006;Oddo et al, 1990;Pérez et al, 2012;Wolff, 1999).…”