A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosis
A couple presented with fever and strikingly similar symptoms starting exactly on the same day after returning from an adventurous journey in Peru. Symptom onset was 12 days after exposure to bats from a hollow tree. The further evolution underscores the disparate disease course of Histoplasmosis in...
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| author | Steven Van Den Broucke Peter Bogaerts Nicolas Vrydaghs Isabel Micalessi Marjan Van Esbroeck Emmanuel Bottieau |
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| description | A couple presented with fever and strikingly similar symptoms starting exactly on the same day after returning from an adventurous journey in Peru. Symptom onset was 12 days after exposure to bats from a hollow tree. The further evolution underscores the disparate disease course of Histoplasmosis in different individuals, despite similar radiological findings. Our case highlights the importance of careful history taking in returning travelers since exposure to bat (or fowl) excrement can be easily overlooked. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00f74f8efa144de1a906c57f9c714be72022-12-21T22:42:01ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122021-12-01113268270A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosisSteven Van Den Broucke0Peter Bogaerts1Nicolas Vrydaghs2Isabel Micalessi3Marjan Van Esbroeck4Emmanuel Bottieau5Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium; Corresponding author: Steven Van Den Broucke, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, BelgiumInternal Medicine, Pneumologie, AZ Klina Brasschaat, BelgiumClinical Biology, AZ Kina Brasschaat, BelgiumDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, BelgiumDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, BelgiumDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium; Alternate corresponding author: Emmanuel Bottieau, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, BelgiumA couple presented with fever and strikingly similar symptoms starting exactly on the same day after returning from an adventurous journey in Peru. Symptom onset was 12 days after exposure to bats from a hollow tree. The further evolution underscores the disparate disease course of Histoplasmosis in different individuals, despite similar radiological findings. Our case highlights the importance of careful history taking in returning travelers since exposure to bat (or fowl) excrement can be easily overlooked.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221008353 |
| spellingShingle | Steven Van Den Broucke Peter Bogaerts Nicolas Vrydaghs Isabel Micalessi Marjan Van Esbroeck Emmanuel Bottieau A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosis International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosis |
| title_full | A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosis |
| title_fullStr | A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosis |
| title_short | A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosis |
| title_sort | couple returning from peru with persistent fever think of histoplasmosis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221008353 |
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