Central nervous system histoplasmosis
Wheat J, Myint T, Guo Y, Kemmer P, Hage C, Terry C, Azar MM, Riddell J, Ender P, Chen S, Shehab K, Cleveland K, Esguerra E, Johnson J, Wright P, Douglas V, Vergidis P, Ooi W, Baddley J, Bamberger D, Khairy R, Vikram H, Jenny-Avital E, Sivasubramanian G, Bowlware K, Pahud B, Sarria J, Tsai T, Assi M, Mocherla S, Prakash V, Allen D, Passaretti C, Huprikar S, Anderson A. Central nervous system histoplasmosis. Medicine 2018, 97: e0245. PMID: 29595679, PMCID: PMC5895412, DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000010245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous system histoplasmosisPercent of patientsCerebrospinal fluidAmphotericin BCentral nervous system involvementSingle-center case seriesNervous system involvementLiposomal amphotericin BCenter case seriesOutcome of treatmentAnti-Histoplasma antibodiesRecognition of infectionPatients 54 yearsCNS histoplasmosisDeoxycholate formulationDisseminated histoplasmosisMost patientsAntigen testingAntibody testingCase seriesImmunodeficiency syndromeHistoplasma antigenHistoplasmosis infectionSystem involvementYear survival