Case report. Histoplasmosis in an AIDS paediatric patient

Mycoses. 1999;42(9-10):567-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00485.x.

Abstract

Histoplasmosis has been little reported among HIV-infected children. We report a case of a 4-year old boy with AIDS who presented with disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed by lung biopsy. The patient had a good clinical response to amphotericin B followed by itraconazole oral solution.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Administration, Oral
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Histoplasmosis / complications*
  • Histoplasmosis / diagnosis
  • Histoplasmosis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Itraconazole
  • Amphotericin B