African histoplasmosis in a Belgian AIDS patient.
We describe an African histoplasmosis case in a 65-year-old Belgian living in Zaire for 46 years. Microscopic bone marrow examination showed Histoplasma. It was confirmed by cultures and hamster inoculation. Autopsy revealed a fungal dissemination by Histoplasma duboisii.
Hôpital Universitaire St. Pierre, Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Arendt
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Coremans-Pelseneer
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Gottlob
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Bril
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Bujan-Boza
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Fondu
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D001530:Belgium / Q000208:ethnology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000382:microbiology*; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male