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Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): a case report
E O Amayo1, M S Riyat, G B Okelo
1Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi.
Abstract:
A 27 year old female with AIDS and disseminated histoplasmosis is presented. The clinical features include fever, weight loss, productive cough, splenomegaly and moderate pallor. The initial working diagnosis was pulmonary tuberculosis. The diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis was made terminally from bone marrow aspirate examination. Disseminated histoplasmosis with its varied clinical picture is likely to be missed in a patient with AIDS, and therefore a high index of suspicion is necessary for diagnosis.
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