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Disseminated histoplasmosis in a Danish patient with AIDS
E Smith1, M Franzmann, L R Mathiesen
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
We present the first case of disseminated histoplasmosis in an AIDS patient in Europe, a 33-year-old Danish homosexual man, and recommend a detailed travel history in HIV-positive patients presenting with fever, weight loss and organomegaly. In Scandinavia disseminated histoplasmosis is rare but should be kept in mind as the disease is a major opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS. Treatment with amphotericin B followed by fluconazole was effective.