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Histoplasmosis pericarditis requires awareness of clinical syndromes, epidemiologic clues, and diagnostic tests, with further trials needed to determine the role of antifungal therapy.
Highlights the importance of epidemiologic clues and appropriate testing in diagnosing histoplasmosis pericarditis, while noting the need for trials on antifungal therapy.
Supports diagnostic vigilance for histoplasmosis pericarditis via clues and tests; leaves open antifungal therapy role pending trials.
Histoplasmosis is an endemic disease in many regions of the United States. Physicians must be aware of the clinical syndromes and take advantage of epidemiologic clues when diagnosing histoplasmosis pericarditis. Clinicians must also be familiar with the uses and limitations of a battery of serologic and mycologic tests. Finally, further clinical trials are needed to study the role of antifungal therapy in the treatment of histoplasmosis pericarditis.
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Wang et al. (2006) conducted a review in Histoplasmosis pericarditis. Histoplasmosis pericarditis requires awareness of clinical syndromes, epidemiologic clues, and diagnostic tests, with further trials needed to determine the role of antifungal therapy.