ArticleTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2012
Histoplasmosis among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania.
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- Systematic Review of Prevalence of Histoplasma Antigenuria in Persons with HIV in Latin America and Africa.Emerging infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Etiology of Severe Febrile Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial of standard versus intensified tuberculosis diagnostics on treatment decisions by physicians in Northern Tanzania.BMC infectious diseases · 2014Trial
- Burden and Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Histoplasmosis Among Persons With Advanced HIV Disease in Uganda, 2025.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Assessment of Prior Infection With Histoplasmosis Using Skin Test and Serological Surveys: A Global Systematic Review.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Etiologic Investigation of Patients Diagnosed with Bacteriologically Unconfirmed Tuberculosis in Tanzania.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Prevalence ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Central Nervous System Histoplasmosis: An Updated Insight.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Evidence of Histoplasma capsulatum seropositivity and exploration of risk factors for exposure in Busia county, western Kenya: Analysis of the PAZ dataset.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Pathogenicity & virulence ofVirulence · 2022Review
- Invasive Fungal Diseases in Africa: A Critical Literature Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Hepatic Histoplasmosis: An Update.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2022Review
- Prevalence of Histoplasmosis and Molecular Characterization ofOpen forum infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Successful Use of Multidisciplinary Palliative Care in the Outpatient Treatment of Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an HIV Positive Child.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of antigen detection in urine and molecular assays testing in different clinical samples for the diagnosis of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in patients living with HIV/AIDS: A prospective multicenter study in Mexico.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses.Mycopathologia · 2020Review
- Case Report: Histoplasmosis Accompanying Disseminated Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Adolescent Boy.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Getting Histoplasmosis on the Map of International Recommendations for Patients with Advanced HIV Disease.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Estimated Burden of Serious Fungal Infections in Ghana.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- The epidemiology of febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for diagnosis and management.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2018Review
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Abstract
Histoplasmosis may be common in East Africa but the diagnosis is rarely confirmed. We report 9 (0.9%) cases of probable histoplasmosis retrospectively identified among 970 febrile inpatients studied in northern Tanzania. Median (range) age was 31 (6, 44) years, 6 (67%) were female, 6 (67%) HIV-infected; 7 (78%) were clinically diagnosed with tuberculosis or bacterial pneumonia. Histoplasmosis is an important cause of febrile illness in Tanzania but is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis. Increased clinician awareness and availability of reliable diagnostic tests may improve patient outcomes.
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