Articular presentation of disseminated histoplasmosis

Clin Rheumatol. 2007 May;26(5):823-4. doi: 10.1007/s10067-006-0331-1. Epub 2006 May 25.

Abstract

Histoplasmosis is an important opportunistic disease to consider in immunocompromised patients from endemic areas. Articular presentations of disseminated histoplasmosis are uncommon. We describe the case of a renal transplant recipient originating from South Africa in whom a suppurative arthritis presented as a manifestation of disseminated histoplasmosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
  • Female
  • Foot Joints / microbiology*
  • Histoplasmosis / diagnosis*
  • Histoplasmosis / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Kidney Transplantation / immunology
  • Middle Aged
  • Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • Opportunistic Infections / microbiology