Clinical and evolutionary characteristics of four patients with pulmonary histoplasmosis reported in the Paraíba Paulista Valley region

作者: Maria Stella Amorim da Costa Zöllner , Karla Mayra Pinto e Carvalho Rezende , Simone Birman , Chelna Paolichi Ferro Elias , Emília Ângela Loschiavo Arisawa

DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822010000500028

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摘要: The type of pulmonary histoplasmosis presents limited lesions to the lungs, with symptoms that are clinically and radiological similar chronic tuberculosis. This paper describes clinical features four cases histoplasmosis. Aspects diagnostic clinical, epidemiological, laboratorial imaging exams discussed, in addition status individuals five years after disease onset. treatment choice was oral medication, following which all patients improved. It is important understand difficulties concerning differential diagnosis histoplasmosis, assist proper indication cases, thus reducing potential confusion other diseases.

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