TY - JOUR T1 - Chronic Pulmonary Histoplasmosis Diagnosed in a Nonimmunosuppressed Patient 10 Years After Returning From an Endemic Area JO - Archivos de Bronconeumología T2 - AU - García-Marrón,Manuel AU - García-García,José María AU - Pajín-Collada,Mercedes AU - Álvarez-Navascués,Fernando AU - Martínez-Muñiz,Manuel A. AU - Sánchez-Antuña,Andrés A. SN - 15792129 M3 - 10.1016/S1579-2129(08)60103-2 DO - 10.1016/S1579-2129(08)60103-2 UR - https://www.archbronconeumol.org/en-chronic-pulmonary-histoplasmosis-diagnosed-in-articulo-S1579212908601032 AB - We report the case of a Spanish nonimmunosuppressed patient who was a chronic alcoholic and who developed chronic cavitary pulmonary histoplasmosis. He had been living in Venezuela until 10 years ago. The diagnosis was established when Histoplasma capsulatum was cultured from bronchoscopy samples. The patient was treated with itraconazole and progressed favorably until cure. This case suggests that histoplasmosis can reactivate years after exposure, even when significant immunodeficiency is not present. In the absence of another immunosuppressive factor, alcoholism may have played a role in the development of the condition. ER -