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Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela.
Background: Disseminated nocardiosis is a rare and potentially fatal disease, with a higher incidence in immunocompromised patients, such as those living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hematological malignancies, including lymphoma. Information on Nocardia spp. infection in Venezuela is limited.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
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- Fungi are classified into four Risk Groups based on their potential to harm humans, with Risk Group 3 indicating significant dangers, including fatalities.
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CNS histoplasmosis coexisting with pulmonary tuberculosis in a HIV negative patient: case report.
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Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
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High histoplasmosis incidence in kidney transplant recipients in Santa Fe city, Argentina.
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Histoplasmosis is endemic in the central/northeast region of Argentina. It is estimated that the incidence of this mycosis is low in solid organ transplant recipients. This work aims to describe the epidemiology, clinical forms, and evolution of kidney transplant recipients diagnosed with histoplasmosis in Santa Fe city, Argentina.
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Department of Radiology, Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center, 9300 DeWitt Loop, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, USA.
Previously healthy Caucasian female in her 30s initially presented for progressively enlarging right-sided cervical lymphadenopathy with associated sore throat. After she completed 2 antibiotic regimens for presumed infection with no relief, a CT Neck with contrast was obtained which demonstrated multiple pathologic lymph nodes, the largest lymph node demonstrating central necrosis. Patient underwent fine needle aspiration with Otolaryngology, as well as core needle biopsy with Interventional Radiology, both of which were nondiagnostic.
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