1. [Leprosy-like cutaneous presentation of Histoplasma capsulatum infection in an African HIV+ patient].
- Author
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Scarlata F, Imburgia C, Trizzino M, and Titone L
- Subjects
- Adult, Amphotericin B therapeutic use, Antifungal Agents therapeutic use, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Dermatomycoses microbiology, Diagnosis, Differential, Drug Therapy, Combination, Ghana, Histoplasmosis drug therapy, Humans, Italy, Itraconazole therapeutic use, Leprosy diagnosis, Male, Skin pathology, Treatment Outcome, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections diagnosis, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections microbiology, Dermatomycoses diagnosis, HIV Seropositivity complications, Histoplasma isolation & purification, Histoplasmosis diagnosis, Immunocompromised Host, Skin microbiology
- Abstract
Histoplasma capsulatum is an opportunistic dimorphic fungus responsible for most often self-limiting or flu-like infections but potentially lethal in immunocompromised hosts. Histoplasmosis is rare in Europe. We reported a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in an African HIV patient with a leprosy-like primary cutaneous presentation and involvement of lungs, brain, limphnodes and eye. The therapy with liposomial B amphotericin and itraconazole led to a prompt resolution of the symptoms.
- Published
- 2012