Postpartum histoplasmosis in an HIV-negative woman: a case report and phylogenetic characterization by internal transcribed spacer region analysis

Postpartum histoplasmosis in an HIV-negative woman: a case report and phylogenetic characterization by internal transcribed spacer region analysis

Abstract The present report describes the first case of postpartum disseminated histoplasmosis in a 24-year-old HIV-negative woman. On the tenth day after vaginal delivery, the patient presented with dyspnea, fever, hypotension, tachycardia, and painful hepatomegaly. Yeast-like Histoplasma capsulatu...

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Main Authors: Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Antônio Mauro Barros Almeida Júnior, Bárbara de Oliveira Aguiar, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Marcos de Abreu Almeida, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Histoplasmosis
Postpartum
ITS1-5.8S-ITS2
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