Histoplasma capsulatum Sinusitis: Case Report and Review

Authors :: Christina G S Fraga
Laura Fogliatto
Marcelle Duarte Alves
Lia Pinheiro
Luciano Zubaran Goldani
Denise Manica
Source :: Mycopathologia. 171:57-59
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010.
Abstract: Histoplasma capsulatum has not typically been associated with sinusitis in either immunocompetent or immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of sinusitis caused by H. capsulatum in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and discuss the reported cases of this rare clinical manifestation of histoplasmosis in the medical literature.