Expanding the horizons of histoplasmosis: disseminated histoplasmosis in a renal transplant patient after a trip to Bangladesh

Transpl Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;12(2):155-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00466.x. Epub 2009 Oct 29.

Abstract

Histoplasmosis is recognized to occur in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys of the United States, but less widely appreciated is its worldwide distribution. We report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis with disease involving skin, lungs, and epiglottis in a renal transplant patient 6 months after a trip to Bangladesh, to highlight the potential risk of acquisition of this infection in the Indian subcontinent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bangladesh
  • Dermatomycoses / etiology
  • Epiglottitis / etiology
  • Histoplasma*
  • Histoplasmosis / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ohio
  • Opportunistic Infections / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Travel