Histoplasmosis in two aboriginal patients from Australia's tropical Northern Territory

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 888-890

  Ralph, Anna ^a   Raines, Mark ^a   Rode, Jurgen W ^a   Currie, Bart J ^b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australian; Australia; Disseminated histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CECUM DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEART DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; TROPICS;

ADULT; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 33745744842     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Currie B. Medicine in tropical Australia. Med. J. Aust. 158 (1993) 609-615
2. Fewings J.D., Lander H., Anderson K.F., Henning F.R., Radden B.G., and Jeanes B.J. Disseminated histoplasmosis. Australas. Ann. Med. 19 (1970) 151-158
3. Flexman J.P., Donaldson M.D., Wilson D.J., and Wilson R.D. Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting with urinary tract symptoms. Aust. N. Z. J. Med. 23 (1993) 720-721
4. Hunt P.J., Harden T.J., Hibbins M., Pritchard R.C., Muir D.B., and Gardner F.J. Histoplasma capsulatum: isolation from an Australian cave environment and from a patient. Med. J. Aust. 141 (1984) 280-283
5. Isbister J., Elliott M., and Nogrady S. Histoplasmosis: an outbreak occurring among young men who visited one cave. Med. J. Aust. 2 (1976) 243-248
6. King K. Histoplasmosis in Australia. Med. J. Aust. 2 (1982) 550-551
7. Liu J.W., Huang T.C., Lu Y.C., Liu H.T., Li C.C., Wu J.J., Lin J.W., and Chen W.J. Acute disseminated histoplasmosis complicated with hypercalcaemia. J. Infect. 39 (1999) 88-90
8. O'Sullivan M.V.N., Whitby M., Chahoud C., and Miller S.M. Histoplasmosis in Australia: a report of a case with a review of the literature. Aust. Dent. J. 49 (2004) 94-97
9. Pistone T., Lacombe K., Poirot J.L., Girard P.M., and Meynard J.L. Imported concomitant coccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis in an HIV-infected Columbian migrant in France. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 99 (2005) 712-715
10. Sullivan A.A., Benson S.M., Ewart A.H., Hogan P.G., Whitby M., and Boyle R.S. Cerebral histoplasmosis in an Australian patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Med. J. Aust. 169 (1998) 201-202
11. Wheat L.J. Current diagnosis of histoplasmosis. Trends Microbiol. 11 (2003) 488-494