Importierte Systemmykose: Sind wir vorbereitet, diese Infektionen zu diagnostizieren?

Zusammenfassung

Obgleich Histoplasma capsulatum bei Tieren in Nord-Europa offenbar zu Infektionen führte, gibt es bislang keine gesicherten autochthonen humanen Fälle. Die Zunahme der Kokzidioidomykose (Valley fever) in den USA führt möglicherwiese auch dazu, dass diese Erkrankung häufiger nach Deutschland importiert wird. Es erscheint plausibel, dass der Klimawandel einen Einfluss auf die Verbreitung obligat pathogener Mykose-Erreger hat.

Abstract

Although Histoplasma capsulatum obviously has been causing infections in animals in Northern Europe, there are no proven autochthonous histoplasmoses in humans. Possibly the increase of coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) in the USA may also lead to more frequently imported infections in Germany. It seems to be plausible that climate change will influence the distribution of obligate fungal pathogens.

Schlüsselwörter

Endemische Mykosen - Histoplasmose - Kokzidioidomykose

Keywords

endemic mycoses - histoplasmosis - coccidioidomycosis

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