Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing: A case report of two brothers
Background and Purpose: Histoplasma capsulatum is the cause of a prevalent fungal disease in certain regions in the United States of America, like Ohio and the Mississippi River. Its clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic to life-threatening diseases,according to the immune system. A defini...
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| author | Martin Gnoni Timothy McCann Adrian Riva-Moscoso Fortunato Príncipe-Meneses Diego Chambergo-Michilot |
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| description | Background and Purpose: Histoplasma capsulatum is the cause of a prevalent fungal disease in certain regions in the United States of America, like Ohio and the Mississippi River. Its clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic to life-threatening diseases,according to the immune system. A definitive diagnosis is made by biopsy.Case report: Two middle-aged brothers presented with a nine-day history of severe progressive dyspnea. Both were living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and encountered bird droppings 7 days prior to symptoms while working on a roofing project. It should be mentioned that they were not wearing masks. After extensive testing, they were diagnosed with acute pulmonary histoplasmosis. Both were successfully treated with azole-derivative fungal therapy.Conclusion: This is the first case of histoplasmosis acquired through occupational exposure related to roofing and is unique given the two patients were siblings |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0c63ed5e38f4ff497ef8335934244d22023-01-01T06:33:11ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesCurrent Medical Mycology2423-34392423-34202021-12-0174343710.18502/cmm.7.4.8409139758Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing: A case report of two brothersMartin Gnoni0Timothy McCann1Adrian Riva-Moscoso2Fortunato Príncipe-Meneses3Diego Chambergo-Michilot4Department of Internal Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of AmericaTrihealth Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of AmericaSchool of Medicine, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, Lima, PeruSchool of Medicine, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, Lima, PeruSchool of Medicine, Scientific University of the South, Lima, PeruBackground and Purpose: Histoplasma capsulatum is the cause of a prevalent fungal disease in certain regions in the United States of America, like Ohio and the Mississippi River. Its clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic to life-threatening diseases,according to the immune system. A definitive diagnosis is made by biopsy.Case report: Two middle-aged brothers presented with a nine-day history of severe progressive dyspnea. Both were living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and encountered bird droppings 7 days prior to symptoms while working on a roofing project. It should be mentioned that they were not wearing masks. After extensive testing, they were diagnosed with acute pulmonary histoplasmosis. Both were successfully treated with azole-derivative fungal therapy.Conclusion: This is the first case of histoplasmosis acquired through occupational exposure related to roofing and is unique given the two patients were siblingshttp://cmm.mazums.ac.ir/article_139758_01be00210bd77ba588675d0d5f1832a6.pdffungalhistoplasmosisohiosporesunited states |
| spellingShingle | Martin Gnoni Timothy McCann Adrian Riva-Moscoso Fortunato Príncipe-Meneses Diego Chambergo-Michilot Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing: A case report of two brothers Current Medical Mycology fungal histoplasmosis ohio spores united states |
| title | Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing: A case report of two brothers |
| title_full | Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing: A case report of two brothers |
| title_fullStr | Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing: A case report of two brothers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing: A case report of two brothers |
| title_short | Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing: A case report of two brothers |
| title_sort | acute pulmonary histoplasmosis related to occupational roofing a case report of two brothers |
| topic | fungal histoplasmosis ohio spores united states |
| url | http://cmm.mazums.ac.ir/article_139758_01be00210bd77ba588675d0d5f1832a6.pdf |
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