Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunosuppressed patient.
A renal transplant recipient was receiving prednisone and azathioprine therapy when he developed fever, cough, and erythema-nodosum-like lesions on the extremities. Disseminated histoplasmosis was diagnosed by skin biopsy. Disseminated histoplasmosis should be considered when a patient under immunosuppressive therapy develops a lesion similar to erythema nodosum or erysipelas with panniculitis.
D001379:Azathioprine / Q000009:adverse effects; D001706:Biopsy; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000009:adverse effects; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone