A rare cause of an ileocecal fistula in an AIDS patient. Gastrointestinal infection by Histoplasma capsulatum infection identified with internal transcribed spacer primer sets

Gastroenterology. 2013 Apr;144(4):697, 857-8. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.11.030. Epub 2013 Feb 26.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
  • Histoplasma / isolation & purification*
  • Histoplasmosis / complications
  • Histoplasmosis / diagnosis*
  • Histoplasmosis / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Ileal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Ileal Diseases / etiology*
  • Ileal Diseases / therapy
  • Ileocecal Valve
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology*
  • Intestinal Fistula / therapy
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Opportunistic Infections / complications
  • Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Itraconazole
  • Amphotericin B