Dimorphic Fungal Coinfection as a Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis
Histoplasma capsulatum and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis are dimorphic fungi that cause systemic mycosis mostly in tropical South America and some areas of North America. Gastrointestinal involvement is not uncommon among these fungal diseases, but coinfection has not previously been reported. We re...
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| author | Eduar A. Bravo Arturo J. Zegarra Alejandro Piscoya José L. Pinto Raúl E. de los Rios Ricardo A. Prochazka Jorge L. Huerta-Mercado Jaime Cok Martin Tagle |
| author_facet | Eduar A. Bravo Arturo J. Zegarra Alejandro Piscoya José L. Pinto Raúl E. de los Rios Ricardo A. Prochazka Jorge L. Huerta-Mercado Jaime Cok Martin Tagle |
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| description | Histoplasma capsulatum and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis are dimorphic fungi that cause systemic mycosis mostly in tropical South America and some areas of North America. Gastrointestinal involvement is not uncommon among these fungal diseases, but coinfection has not previously been reported. We report a patient with chronic diarrhea and pancolitis caused by paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-081aab1bc03a431e8dcdebd8affd47892025-02-03T05:58:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352011-01-01201110.1155/2011/960638960638Dimorphic Fungal Coinfection as a Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and PancolitisEduar A. Bravo0Arturo J. Zegarra1Alejandro Piscoya2José L. Pinto3Raúl E. de los Rios4Ricardo A. Prochazka5Jorge L. Huerta-Mercado6Jaime Cok7Martin Tagle8Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima 31, PeruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima 31, PeruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima 31, PeruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima 31, PeruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima 31, PeruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima 31, PeruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima 31, PeruDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima 31, PeruDepartment of Gastroenterology, Clinica Anglo-Americana, Lima 18, PeruHistoplasma capsulatum and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis are dimorphic fungi that cause systemic mycosis mostly in tropical South America and some areas of North America. Gastrointestinal involvement is not uncommon among these fungal diseases, but coinfection has not previously been reported. We report a patient with chronic diarrhea and pancolitis caused by paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/960638 |
| spellingShingle | Eduar A. Bravo Arturo J. Zegarra Alejandro Piscoya José L. Pinto Raúl E. de los Rios Ricardo A. Prochazka Jorge L. Huerta-Mercado Jaime Cok Martin Tagle Dimorphic Fungal Coinfection as a Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Dimorphic Fungal Coinfection as a Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis |
| title_full | Dimorphic Fungal Coinfection as a Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis |
| title_fullStr | Dimorphic Fungal Coinfection as a Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dimorphic Fungal Coinfection as a Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis |
| title_short | Dimorphic Fungal Coinfection as a Cause of Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis |
| title_sort | dimorphic fungal coinfection as a cause of chronic diarrhea and pancolitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/960638 |
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