Title
Dimorphic fungal coinfection as a cause of chronic diarrhea and pancolitis
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Hindawi Limited
Abstract
Histoplasma capsulatum and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis are dimorphic fungi that cause systemic mycosis mostly in tropical South America and some areas of North America. Gastrointestinal involvement is not uncommon among these fungal diseases, but coinfection has not previously been reported. We report a patient with chronic diarrhea and pancolitis caused by paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis. Copyright © 2011 Eduar A. Bravo et al.
Volume
2011
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84969374685
PubMed ID
Source
Case Reports in Medicine
ISSN of the container
16879627
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Directorio de Producción Científica
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