Zafar Muhammad Rizwan, Whitfield Thomas, Zaidi Sabeen Khurshid, Weerakoon Sanjeewani, Paul Joel, Rautemaa-Richardson Riina
North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5RB, United Kingdom.
The Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2JH, United Kingdom.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2024 Apr 10;44:100647. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2024.100647. eCollection 2024 Jun.
Fungal infections can be challenging to diagnose in returning travellers due to their non-specific clinical manifestations and changing epidemiology. We present a case of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in a returning traveller from Bangladesh. The patient had a progressive and prolonged respiratory illness necessitating mechanical ventilatory support. The clue to potential fungal aetiology was provided by serum fungal markers - 1-3-β-D-glucan and galactomannan. Diagnosis was eventually made using panfungal PCR on bronchioalveolar lavage fluid.
由于真菌感染的临床表现不具特异性且流行病学情况不断变化,因此对归国旅行者的真菌感染进行诊断可能具有挑战性。我们报告一例来自孟加拉国的归国旅行者发生进行性播散性组织胞浆菌病的病例。该患者患有进行性且持续时间较长的呼吸道疾病,需要机械通气支持。血清真菌标志物——1,3-β-D-葡聚糖和半乳甘露聚糖提示了潜在的真菌病因。最终通过对支气管肺泡灌洗液进行泛真菌PCR检测做出诊断。