Histoplasmosis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil : a 21-year experience

Abstract

De 156 casos de histoplasmose observados no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil), durante um período de 21 anos (1978-1999), 137 foram incluidos neste estudo. Sessenta e seis porcento dos pacientes tinham histoplasmose de disseminação hemática, 24% tinham uma síndrome autolimitada (histoplasmose pulmonar aguda, histoplasmoma ou complexo primário linfonodo-pulmonar) e 9% tinham histoplasmose pulmonar crônica. Os dados clínicos, micológicos e epidemiológicos foram revisados e comentados.

Of 156 cases of histoplasmosis observed in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), during a 21-year period (1978-1999) 137 were included in this study. Sixty-seven per cent of the patients had hematogeneous disseminated histoplasmosis, 24% had a selflimited syndrome (acute pulmonary histoplasmosis, histoplasmoma or primary pulmonary lymph node complex), and 9 per cent had chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis. Clinical, mycological, and epidemiological data were reviewed and commented.