Is there any utility to trending Histoplasma serology titers to guide duration of therapy or treatment response for pulmonary histoplasmosis with negative urine antigen?
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Infectious Disease · University of Cincinnati
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Serology unfortunately is not useful to monitor response to therapy as the fall in titers is often very slow. In immunocompetent individuals, titers will often take a few years to show a significant drop in the antibody titer after successful treatment. The treatment duration should be guided by the...
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Infectious Disease · Pacific Inpatient Medical Group
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Case series 1—I followed beta-D-glucan successfully in a transplant patient with disseminated histoplasmosis.
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