These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Oral histoplasmosis as the initial indication of HIV infection: a case report.
    Author: White J, Khammissa R, Wood NH, Meyerov R, Lemmer J, Feller L.
    Journal: SADJ; 2007 Nov; 62(10):452, 454-5. PubMed ID: 18500107.
    Abstract:
    Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection. In HIV-seropositive subjects, histoplasmosis tends to have a progressive and disseminated course. Oral lesions occur frequently and multiple sites within the mouth can be affected. Diagnosis of histoplasmosis is made by microscopic identification and culture of the fungus in material taken from the affected site. We present a case of oral histoplasmosis in which the mouth was the primary site of the fungal disease and this was the initial indicator of HIV infection. There were lesions of the gingivae and there was destruction of the hard palate with extension into the right maxillary sinus and the right nasal cavity.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]