DISSEMINATED FUNGAL INFECTION WITH ADRENAL INVOLVEMENT: REPORT OF TWO HIV NEGATIVE BRAZILIAN PATIENTS

Authors

  • Graziella Hanna PEREIRA Hospital Nipo-Brasileiro
  • Valéria Pereira Barbosa LANZONI Hospital Edmundo Vasconcelos; Departamento de Patologia
  • Elisa Maria BEIRÃO Hospital Edmundo Vasconcelos; Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas
  • Artur TIMERMAN Hospital Edmundo Vasconcelos; Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas
  • Marcia de Souza Carvalho MELHEM Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Abstract

Paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis are systemic fungal infections endemic in Brazil. Disseminated clinical forms are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. We describe two HIV-negative patients with disseminated fungal infections, paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis, who were diagnosed by biopsies of suprarenal lesions. Both were treated for a prolonged period with oral antifungal agents, and both showed favorable outcomes.

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Published

2015-12-01

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 6 (2015)

Section

Case Report

How to Cite

PEREIRA, G. H., LANZONI, V. P. B., BEIRÃO, E. M., TIMERMAN, A., & MELHEM, M. de S. C. (2015). DISSEMINATED FUNGAL INFECTION WITH ADRENAL INVOLVEMENT: REPORT OF TWO HIV NEGATIVE BRAZILIAN PATIENTS . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 57(6), 527-530. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/112784