Acalculous Cholecystitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum in a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient

Authors

  • Jorge Alave Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
  • Beatriz Bustamante Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
  • Leslie Soto Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
  • Jaime Caceres Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
  • Carlos Seas Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.1547

Keywords:

histoplasmosis, HIV, billiary tract

Abstract

Billiary tract involvement in the course of disseminated histoplasmosis has been rarely reported. Here we present a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient who presented with symptomatic acalculous cholecystitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum

Author Biographies

Jorge Alave, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Associate Investigator

Beatriz Bustamante, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Attending Physician

Leslie Soto, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Attending Physician

Jaime Caceres, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Attending Physician

Carlos Seas, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Associate Professor of Medicine

Attending Physician

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Published

2011-03-21

How to Cite

1.
Alave J, Bustamante B, Soto L, Caceres J, Seas C (2011) Acalculous Cholecystitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum in a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient. J Infect Dev Ctries 5:235–238. doi: 10.3855/jidc.1547

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Case Reports