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Disseminated histoplasmosis in an AIDS patient diagnosed on bone marrow
Anuradha Srikrishna1, S Sitalakshmi, A M Shantala Devi
1Department of Clinical Pathology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.
Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology
|June 6, 2003
Abstract:
A 29 year old male drug addict, who was HIV positive presented with fever and hepatosplenomegaly. Bone marrow examination revealed Histoplasma capsulatum confirmed by PAS & GMS stains. However patient had a rapid downhill course with multiorgan failure and died before specific treatment could be instituted.