DISSEMINATED FUNGAL INFECTION WITH ADRENAL INVOLVEMENT: REPORT OF TWO HIV NEGATIVE BRAZILIAN PATIENTS

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2015 Dec;57(6):527-30. doi: 10.1590/S0036-46652015000600013.

Abstract

Paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis are systemic fungal infections endemic in Brazil. Disseminated clinical forms are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. We describe two HIV-negative patients with disseminated fungal infections, paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis, who were diagnosed by biopsies of suprarenal lesions. Both were treated for a prolonged period with oral antifungal agents, and both showed favorable outcomes.

A paracoccidioidomicose e a histoplasmose são infecções fúngicas sistêmicas endêmicas no Brasil. As formas clínicas disseminadas são incomuns em pacientes imunocompetentes. Nós descrevemos dois pacientes HIV-negativos com infecções fúngicas disseminadas, paracoccidioidomicose e histoplasmose, que foram diagnosticadas por biópsias de lesões de supra-renal. Ambos foram tratados por períodos prolongados com antifúngicos orais, evoluindo com boa resposta terapêutica.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Adrenal Gland Diseases / microbiology
  • Biopsy
  • Brazil
  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / microbiology
  • Facial Dermatoses / diagnosis*
  • Facial Dermatoses / microbiology
  • Histoplasmosis / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence / physiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / diagnosis*