Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

In immunocompromised patients, histoplasmosis may present as disseminated disease. We present a 52-year-old Caucasian male with symptoms of dyspepsia, postprandial epigastric pain, nausea, and nonbloody diarrhea. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies were suspicious for inflammatory bowel dis...

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Main Authors: Rahman Nakshabendi, Andrew C. Berry, Daisy Torres-Miranda, Francis Daniel LaBarbera, Ozdemir Kanar, Ahmad Nakshabandi, Imad Nakshabendi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7139573
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spelling doaj-bddaa8255cfa4389a0f4da849c9ddbc32020-11-24T21:28:50ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362016-01-01201610.1155/2016/71395737139573Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseRahman Nakshabendi0Andrew C. Berry1Daisy Torres-Miranda2Francis Daniel LaBarbera3Ozdemir Kanar4Ahmad Nakshabandi5Imad Nakshabendi6Division of Gastroenterology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USADepartment of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USADepartment of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USADepartment of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USADepartment of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USADivision of Gastroenterology, Florida Hospital Tampa, Tampa, FL, USADivision of Gastroenterology, Florida Hospital Tampa, Tampa, FL, USAIn immunocompromised patients, histoplasmosis may present as disseminated disease. We present a 52-year-old Caucasian male with symptoms of dyspepsia, postprandial epigastric pain, nausea, and nonbloody diarrhea. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies were suspicious for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, biopsies were consistent with histoplasmosis, specifically in the duodenum.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7139573
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Francis Daniel LaBarbera
Ozdemir Kanar
Ahmad Nakshabandi
Imad Nakshabendi
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Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
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title Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
title_short Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
title_full Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
title_fullStr Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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