Variable urine Histoplasma antigen with volume status

Allyson Hughes; Joy Underwood; George E Nelson; Richard W Larue; Melissa L Scalise

doi:10.1080/20009666.2019.1698263

Variable urine Histoplasma antigen with volume status

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2019 Dec 14;9(6):489-490. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2019.1698263. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Allyson Hughes¹, Joy Underwood¹, George E Nelson², Richard W Larue², Melissa L Scalise¹

Affiliations

¹ The Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Saint Thomas-UT Internal Medicine Clinic, Nashville, TN, USA.
² The Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

Abstract

A patient with progressive disseminated histoplasmosis was noted to have an increase in urine Histoplasma antigen level during monitoring of her disease. The patient revealed she had inadequately hydrated, and her urine volume was low and subjectively concentrated. Following hydration, urine antigen was retested and became undetectable.

Keywords: Histoplasmosis; urine histoplasma antigen; volume status.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.