Histoplasma epiglottitis in a patient with Crohn's disease maintained on infliximab, prednisone, and azathioprine

Abdallah Abou Zahr; Ehab Saad Aldin; Pete Yunyongying

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2013.02.021

Histoplasma epiglottitis in a patient with Crohn's disease maintained on infliximab, prednisone, and azathioprine

Abdallah Abou Zahr, Ehab Saad Aldin, Pete Yunyongying

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Abstract

Crohn's disease is associated with treatment and non-treatment infectious complications. Among the treatment-related infectious complications, Histoplasma infection is interesting because of significant overlap between its symptoms and Crohn's disease exacerbation. It is often mistaken as Crohn's disease exacerbation. We present a case of disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as Histoplasma epiglottitis in a patient with Crohn's disease maintained on infliximab, prednisone, and azathioprine.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e650-e652
Journal	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	17
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2013.02.021
State	Published - Aug 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Crohn's disease
Epiglottitis
Fungemia
Histoplasmosis
Immunosuppressant drugs
Immunosuppression

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Histoplasma epiglottitis in a patient with Crohn's disease maintained on infliximab, prednisone, and azathioprine

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