Epididymo-orchitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatumin a Colombian patient

Abstract 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-yea...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Carlos Andrés Botero-García, Álvaro Adolfo Faccini-Martínez, Erika Uribe, Omar-Javier Calixto, Carlos Eduardo Pérez-Díaz, Pedro Pablo Osejo-Diago, Pedro Gabriel Franco-Maz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Histoplasma
Epididymitis
Orchitis
Colombia
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0267-2017
https://doaj.org/article/90bf61184d74424ba355c06094de41c9
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Summary:Abstract 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.

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