Case Report: Histoplasmosis: First Autochthonous Case from Israel

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2017 Nov 23

PMID 29165228

Citations 2

Authors

Adi Elias

Khaldun Abu Saleh

Nabil Faranesh

Raid Dalal

Yuval Geffen

Yael Fisher

Ami Neuberger

Suleiman Zaaroura

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Abstract

We present an autochthonous infection in Israel. The patient presented with hoarseness and weight loss. Pathology findings and molecular tests confirmed the diagnosis, and the patient responded to antifungal therapy. Because the patient had an atypical presentation of histoplasmosis, it is likely that other more typical cases have gone unreported. To our knowledge, no other cases have been previously reported from Israel or the Middle East region.

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