Epididymo-orchitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatumin a Colombian patient

Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. Revista

Uribe, Erika¹  Pérez-Díaz, Carlos Eduardo²  Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro Adolfo³  Botero-García, Carlos Andrés⁴  Franco-Maz, Pedro Gabriel⁵  Osejo-Diago, Pedro Pablo⁷  Calixto, Omar-Javier⁸ 

[1] , Bogotá, Colombia;Asociación Colombiana de Infectología, Bogotá, Colombia;GREINMIL”Grupo de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas Hospital Militar Central “Hasselt University, Brussels, Belgium;Hospital Universitario de la Samaritana, Bogotá, Colombia;Servicios y Asesorias en Infectología, Bogotá, Colombia;Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

关键词: Histoplasma;    Epididymitis;    Orchitis;    Colombia.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0267-2017

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

Although histoplasmosis is generally a self-limited disease, disseminated infection can occur in patients lacking effective cell-mediated immunity, reaching virtually every organ, even the genitourinary tract in rare cases. We report a case of epididymo-orchitis in an immunocompetent 38-year-old bricklayer from the rural area of Villeta, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The patient presented with testicular pain and macroscopic scrotal changes requiring a left orchiectomy, with microbiological isolation and molecular confirmation of Histoplasma capsulatum.

【 授权许可】

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