Section of Infectious Diseases and Hematology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos 2350, 90630-000, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Mycopathologia. 2011 Jan;171(1):57-9. doi: 10.1007/s11046-010-9345-y. Epub 2010 Jul 16.
Histoplasma capsulatum has not typically been associated with sinusitis in either immunocompetent or immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of sinusitis caused by H. capsulatum in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and discuss the reported cases of this rare clinical manifestation of histoplasmosis in the medical literature.
荚膜组织胞浆菌通常与免疫功能正常或免疫功能低下宿主的鼻窦炎无关。我们报告了一例慢性淋巴细胞白血病患者由荚膜组织胞浆菌引起的鼻窦炎,并在医学文献中讨论了这种罕见的荚膜组织胞浆菌病临床表现的报道病例。