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Case Reports
. 2015 Jul 9;2(4):245-6.
doi: 10.14309/crj.2015.73. eCollection 2015 Jul.

Acalculous Cholecystitis Due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient With HIV Infection

Takashi Shinha  1 , Gary Zabarsky  1
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Case Reports

Acalculous Cholecystitis Due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient With HIV Infection

Takashi Shinha et al. ACG Case Rep J. .

Abstract

Although acalculous cholecystitis typically occurs in critically ill individuals, it has been described in patients with HIV infection. Recognition of AIDS-related acalculous cholecystitis is important for gastroenterologists to provide optimal therapy, since many different opportunistic pathogens may be involved. Histoplasma capsulatum causes a wide spectrum of infectious sequelae, including disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with HIV infection, but biliary tract involvement has been described infrequently. We present a case of acalculous cholecystitis caused by H. capsulatum in a patient with HIV infection.

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