Imported African Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient 40 Years after Staying in a Disease-Endemic Area

Clémence Richaud; Marie-Olivia Chandesris; Fanny Lanternier; Hélène Benzaquen-Forner; Dea Garcia-Hermoso; Capucine Picard; Emilie Catherinot; Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux; Olivier Lortholary

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0731

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Imported African Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient 40 Years after Staying in a Disease-Endemic Area

Clémence Richaud ^{1, 2, 3} Marie-Olivia Chandesris ^{1, 3} Fanny Lanternier ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} Hélène Benzaquen-Forner ⁶ Dea Garcia-Hermoso ^{4, 5} Capucine Picard ^{7, 1, 2, 8} Emilie Catherinot ^{1, 2, 3} Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux ^{1, 2, 3} Olivier Lortholary ^{4, 5, 1, 2, 9}

1 UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5

2 USPC - Université Sorbonne Paris Cité

3 CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]

4 Mycologie moléculaire - Molecular Mycology

5 CNRMA - Centre National de Référence Mycoses Invasives et Antifongiques - National Reference Center Invasive Mycoses & Antifungals

6 UVSQ Santé - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - UFR Sciences de la santé Simone Veil

7 Centre d'étude des Déficits Immunitaires

8 INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

9 Centre d'infectiologie Necker-Pasteur [CHU Necker]

Abstract : Histoplasmosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii is a rare disease outside central and western Africa. In Europe, all cases are imported. We report a case of an African histoplasmosis with isolated pulmonary involvement in a non-immunocompromised patient that occurred 40 years after his stay in a disease-endemic area. The patient was given itraconazole. (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography was used to assess evolution during treatment. The outcome for the patient was favorable.

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