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: Disseminated histoplasmosis in an AIDS patient: a rare case from southern India.
    Author: Vishwanath S, Girish N, Mukhyaprana P, Madhusudan S, Balasubramanian R, Manna V, Goel S.
    Journal: Trop Doct; 2009 Oct; 39(4):247-8. PubMed ID: 19762585.
    Abstract:
    We present a case of disseminated histoplasmosis with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A 38-year-old woman presented with fever, cough, dysphagia, significant weight loss and a loss of appetite. She also suffered from anaemia and cervical lymphadenopathy. A lymph node biopsy and a bone marrow aspirate showed intracellular yeast forms of Histoplasma capsulatum. She improved with parenteral amphotericin B and oral itraconazole. Even though histoplasmosis is not endemic in South East Asia and India, it should be kept in mind when evaluating AIDS patients in view of the current scenario of the pandemic.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]