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. 2006 Oct;24(4):297-8.
doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.29393.

Disseminated histoplamosis

S A Joshi  1 , A S Kagal, R S Bharadwaj, S S Kulkarni, M V Jadhav
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Disseminated histoplamosis

S A Joshi et al. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

A case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a 45-year-old male patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) from Pune is reported. The patient presented with high-grade fever and pain in hypochondrium. Clinical signs were pallor and hepatosplenomegaly. Bone marrow and splenic aspirate revealed numerous intracellular oval shaped yeast forms. Histoplasma capsulatum was isolated from the bone marrow and splenic aspirate. H. capsulatum infection is an opportunistic infection usually reported from patient with AIDS in areas endemic for H. capsulatum. The present case highlights the fact that histoplasmosis could be an emerging opportunistic infection in India.

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  • Disseminated histoplasmosis - comment 2.
    Mathews MS. Mathews MS. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007 Oct;25(4):427-8; author reply 428. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.37361. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007. PMID: 18087105 No abstract available.
  • Disseminated histoplasmosis - comment 1.
    Maiti PK. Maiti PK. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007 Oct;25(4):427; author reply 428. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.37360. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007. PMID: 18087106 No abstract available.

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