Intestinal histoplasmosis in immunocompetent adults

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 22; no. 15; pp. 4027 - 4033
• Main Authors: Zhu, Lin-Lin, Wang, Jin, Wang, Zi-Jing, Wang, Yi-Ping, Yang, Jin-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 21.04.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Bacteriological Techniques; Biopsy; characteristics;Di; China; Colonoscopy; Diagnosis, Differential; Histoplasma - isolation & purification; Histoplasmosis - diagnosis; Histoplasmosis - drug therapy; Histoplasmosis - immunology; Histoplasmosis - microbiology; histoplasmosis;Disseminated; histoplasmosis;Immunocompetence;Endoscopic; Humans; Immunocompetence; Intestinal; Intestinal Diseases - diagnosis; Intestinal Diseases - drug therapy; Intestinal Diseases - immunology; Intestinal Diseases - microbiology; Intestines - diagnostic imaging; Intestines - drug effects; Intestines - microbiology; Intestines - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Retrospective Studies; Retrospective Study; Treatment Outcome; Intestinal histoplasmosis; Endoscopic characteristics; Differential diagnosis; Immunocompetence; Disseminated histoplasmosis

AIM: To present a retrospective analysis of clinical and endoscopic features of 4 cases of immunocompetent hosts with intestinal histoplasmosis(IH).METHODS: Four immunocompetent adults were diagnosed with IH between October 2005 and March 2015 at West China Hospital of Sichuan University. Clinical a...