Research Article
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in a Referral Hospital in Mexico City
Table 3
Characteristics presented in immunocompetent patients with pulmonary histoplasmosis.
| | Characteristics | n | (%) |
| | Patients | | Male | 8 | (66%) | | Female | 4 | (33%) |
| | Symptoms | | Fever | 10 | (83%) | | Dyspnea | 9 | (75%) | | Chest pain | 8 | (66%) | | Hemoptysis | 5 | (41%) | | Weight loss | 4 | (33%) |
| | Findings | | Lymphadenopathy | 7 | (58%) | | Hepatomegaly | 5 | (41%) | | Splenomegaly | 2 | (16%) |
| | Laboratory findings | | Neutropenia | 5 | (41%) | | Moderate | 3 | (25%) | | Severe | 2 | (16%) | | Abnormal liver function tests | 5 | (41%) |
| | Chest imaging | | Consolidation | 12 | (100%) | | Hilar adenopathy | 6 | (50%) | | Pleural effusion | 6 | (50%) | | Caverns | 3 | (25%) | | Solitary pulmonary nodule | 1 | (8%) |
| | Mortality | | Dead | 3 | (25%) |
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