Bhatti H, Batbileg E, De S, Friedman G, Antony S. Acute Colonic Perforation with Septic Shock Secondary to Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient.
Infect Drug Resist 2023;
16:3029-3034. [PMID:
37215300 PMCID:
PMC10199683 DOI:
10.2147/idr.s402228]
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Abstract
Histoplasma capsulatum is an opportunistic pathogen which can lead to a wide variety of clinical presentations in the immunocompromised host. Post-transplant histoplasmosis in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients is exceedingly rare, with an incidence of <1%. We present a case of acute caecal perforation resulting from disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient who had undergone autologous bone marrow transplant for plasma cell dyscrasia. This is a 71-year-old patient who initially presented due to progressive weakness associated with shortness of breath.
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