Autochthonous Case of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Switzerland

Abstract

In Europe, pulmonary histoplasmosis is rarely diagnosed except in travelers. We report a probable autochthonous case of severe chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent man in Switzerland without travel history outside of Europe. Diagnosis was achieved by histopathology, fungal culture, and serology, but the source of the infection remains speculative.

Keywords

• fungi
• Histoplasma capsulatum
• histoplasmosis
• pulmonary histoplasmosis
• respiratory infections
• Switzerland