The Case of Infectious. Bone histoplasmosis

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Tobón Orozco, Ángela M., Agudelo Restrepo, C. A., Pérez Figueroa, M. del P., Molina Uribe, G., de Bedout Gómez, C., & Restrepo Moreno, Ángela. (2005). The Case of Infectious. Bone histoplasmosis. Medicina UPB, 24(1), 67-74. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/2513
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Ángela María Tobón Orozco
Corporation for Biological Research (CIB)
Carlos Andrés Agudelo Restrepo
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María del Pilar Pérez Figueroa
University of Antioquia image/svg+xml
Gustavo Molina Uribe
Las Americas Clinic
Catalina de Bedout Gómez
Corporation for Biological Research (CIB)
Ángela Restrepo Moreno
Corporation for Biological Research (CIB)

Abstract

This is a case of a 11 years old boy with a Iytic lesion on his left tibia, diagnosed as a B Cell Lymphoma and treated with chemotherapy during nine months, atter which new Iytic lesions where noticed on his right inferior limb as well as the persistence of the left tibial lesions.
The biopsy yielded structures compatible with  H. capsulatum.


The patient was treated with ltraconazol during 12 months; the mycotic process was appropriately treated with this therapy.

Keywords:
Bone Neoplasms, Drug therapy, Itraconazole, Pharmacology, mycosis

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Author Biographies

Ángela María Tobón Orozco, Corporation for Biological Research (CIB)

Internist Physician, Corporation for Biological Research (CIB).

Carlos Andrés Agudelo Restrepo, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Resident Physician Internal Medicine, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB)

María del Pilar Pérez Figueroa, University of Antioquia

Pathologist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UdeA).

Gustavo Molina Uribe, Las Americas Clinic

Orthopedic Oncologist, Cancer Institute, Clínica Las Américas.

Catalina de Bedout Gómez, Corporation for Biological Research (CIB)

Bacteriologist, Corporation for Biological Research (CIB).

Ángela Restrepo Moreno, Corporation for Biological Research (CIB)

PhD in Microbiology, Corporation for Biological Research (CIB).

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