Histoplasmosis presenting as granulomatous hepatitis: Case report and review of the literature

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rihana, Nancy A ^a   Kandula, Manasa ^a   Velez, Ana ^a   Dahal, Kumud ^b   O'Neill, Edward B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLIXIMAB; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOLOGY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HORSEBACK RIDING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONOCYTE; NAUSEA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRURITUS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMACH HEMOR; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 84942656754     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/879535     Document Type: Article

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