Postpartum histoplasmosis in an HIV-negative woman: a case report and phylogenetic characterization by internal transcribed spacer region analysis

Abstract The present report describes the first case of postpartum disseminated histoplasmosis in a 24-year-old HIV-negative woman. On the tenth day after vaginal delivery, the patient presented with dyspnea, fever, hypotension, tachycardia, and painful hepatomegaly. Yeast-like Histoplasma capsulatum features were isolated in the buffy coat. The phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the fungal isolate was similar to other H. capsulatum isolates identified in HIV patients from Ceará and Latin America. Thus, histoplasmosis development in individuals with transitory immunosuppression or during the period of immunological recovery should be carefully examined.

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Main Authors:	Damasceno,Lisandra Serra, Almeida Júnior,Antônio Mauro Barros, Aguiar,Bárbara de Oliveira, Muniz,Mauro de Medeiros, Almeida,Marcos de Abreu, Zancopé-Oliveira,Rosely Maria, Leitão,Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2020
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100705
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