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Histoplasmosis pulmonar crónica - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Histoplasmosis cavitaria crónica

Síntomas:

Escalofrío
Tos que produce sangre, moco o pus
Fiebre
Dificultad para respirar
Pérdida de peso involuntaria

Signos y exámenes:

Los exámenes que se pueden emplear para diagnosticar la histoplasmosis pulmonar crónica son, entre otros:

Biopsia del tejido infectado, como una biopsia pulmonar a cielo abierto
Broncoscopia con biopsia transbronquial o lavado broncoalveolar
CSC
Tomografía computarizada del tórax
Radiografía de tórax
Título de fijación del complemento para histoplasma
Prueba de antígeno urinario para histoplasma (positiva sólo si la persona también tiene histoplasmosis diseminada)
Prueba de inmunodifusión
Tinción y cultivo de esputo

Coccidioidomicosis - radiografía de tórax

Hongo

Reviewed last on: 12/1/2009
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Kauffman CA. Histoplasmosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 353.

What LJ, Freifeld AG, Kleiman MB, Baddley JW, McKinsey DS, Loyd JE, Kauffman CA. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with histoplasmosis: 2007 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis, 2007;45(7):807-825.

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