Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan

Lai, Chung-Hsu; Huang, Chun-Kai; Chin, Chuen; Yang, Ya-Ting; Lin, Hsiu-Fang; Lin, Hsi-Hsun

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Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan

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Jan 2007

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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(1):127-129.

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We report the first indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis in Taiwan diagnosed by histopathology of bone marrow, microbiologic morphology, and PCR assay of the isolated fungus. This case suggests that histoplasmosis should be 1 of the differential diagnoses of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients in Taiwan.

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