GASTROINTESTINAL HISTOPLASMOSIS PRESENTING AS HEMATOCHEZIA IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-INFECTED HEMOPHILIC PATIENTS

Authors
BECHERER PR SOKOLANDERSON M JOIST JH MILLIGAN T
Citation
Pr. Becherer et al., GASTROINTESTINAL HISTOPLASMOSIS PRESENTING AS HEMATOCHEZIA IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-INFECTED HEMOPHILIC PATIENTS, American journal of hematology, 47(3), 1994, pp. 229-231
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
American journal of hematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03618609
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
229 - 231
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-8609(1994)47:3<229:GHPAHI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Two hemophiliacs infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pres ented with hematochezia secondary to gastrointestinal involvement with Histoplasmosis capsulatum. In one patient who was already receiving f luconazole, the diagnosis was obscured. Both patients responded to amp hotericin B followed by intraconazole, with no recurrence of bleeding. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.