title: Concurrent bloodstream infection with Histoplasma capsulatum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: An immunosuppressed patient is the first to be reported with both histoplasmal fungemia and tuberculous bacteremia, emphasizing the need to consider polymicrobial infection in such patients and the utility of lysis-centrifugation and radiometric blood culture techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*