Odero Randy O, Cleveland Kerry O, Webb John H, Land Mack A
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Tenn Med. 2011 May;104(5):49-50.
Disease due to infection with Histoplasma capsulatum usually manifests as a disseminated infection in patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). However, it may also present with focal disease in patients with or without AIDS. Unusual presentations or less well-recognized risk factors may make diagnosis of histoplasmosis more difficult. We describe the case of a patient who presented for screening colonoscopy and was found to have isolated asymptomatic colonic histoplasmosis.
荚膜组织胞浆菌感染所致疾病通常在获得性免疫缺陷综合征(AIDS)患者中表现为播散性感染。然而,在有或无AIDS的患者中也可能表现为局灶性疾病。不寻常的表现或不太为人所知的危险因素可能使组织胞浆菌病的诊断更加困难。我们描述了一例因进行结肠镜筛查就诊的患者,发现其患有孤立性无症状结肠组织胞浆菌病。