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 image/svg+xml

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