Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan

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

doi:10.3201/eid1301.060857

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Indigenous Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Taiwan

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Jan 2007
By Lai, Chung-Hsu ; Huang, Chun-Kai ; Chin, Chuen
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060857

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Lai, Chung-Hsu ; Huang, Chun-Kai ; Chin, Chuen ; Yang, Ya-Ting ; Lin, Hsiu-Fang ; Lin, Hsi-Hsun
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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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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(1):127-129.
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Journal Article
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13
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1
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