TY - JOUR
T1 - A couple returning from Peru with persistent fever: think of histoplasmosis
AU - Van Den Broucke, Steven
AU - Bogaerts, Peter
AU - Vrydaghs, Nicolas
AU - Micalessi, Isabel
AU - Van Esbroeck, Marjan
AU - Bottieau, Emmanuel
N1 - FTX; DOAJ; (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0); Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A couple presented with fever and strikingly similar symptoms starting exactly on the same day after returning from an adventurous journey in Peru. Symptom onset was 12 days after exposure to bats from a hollow tree. The further evolution underscores the disparate disease course of Histoplasmosis in different individuals, despite similar radiological findings. Our case highlights the importance of careful history taking in returning travelers since exposure to bat (or fowl) excrement can be easily overlooked.
AB - A couple presented with fever and strikingly similar symptoms starting exactly on the same day after returning from an adventurous journey in Peru. Symptom onset was 12 days after exposure to bats from a hollow tree. The further evolution underscores the disparate disease course of Histoplasmosis in different individuals, despite similar radiological findings. Our case highlights the importance of careful history taking in returning travelers since exposure to bat (or fowl) excrement can be easily overlooked.
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.10.039
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.10.039
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
C2 - 34715360
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 113
SP - 268
EP - 270
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -