AFRICAN HISTOPLASMOSIS - OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE RADIUS

Authors
ONWUASOIGWE O GUGNANI HC
Citation
O. Onwuasoigwe et Hc. Gugnani, AFRICAN HISTOPLASMOSIS - OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE RADIUS, Mycoses, 41(3-4), 1998, pp. 105-107
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
41
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
105 - 107
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1998)41:3-4<105:AH-OOT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Bone lesions in African histoplasmosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatu m var. duboisii, without other signs of the infection, are often misdi agnosed as cancer. A case of isolated osteomyelitis due to this fungus in a 30-year-old woman is described. Diagnostic and therapeutic probl ems of isolated bone lesions in African histoplasmosis are discussed. A high diagnostic index of African histoplasmosis is advocated in isol ated bone lesions in the endemic region of this disease.