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1. Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis as a presentation of AIDS in a patient from the Congo: the role of skin biopsy.

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Borges-Costa J, Marques T, Soares-Almeida L, and Sacramento-Marques M

Subjects
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections pathology, Biopsy, Congo, Fatal Outcome, Histoplasma genetics, Histoplasma isolation & purification, Histoplasmosis pathology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sepsis microbiology, Skin pathology, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections microbiology, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome complications, Histoplasma classification, Histoplasmosis microbiology
Abstract

Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis is frequently fatal in HIV patients, and the standard diagnostic techniques can cause treatment delay. Skin biopsy can help in the differential diagnosis, allowing also an earlier treatment initiation.

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2011
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