Histoplasmosis as a cause of pleural effusion in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Disseminated histoplasmosis is an increasingly important opportunistic infection in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report the first case of histoplasmosis as a cause of pleural effusion in a patient with AIDS. Recognition of the typical intracellular yeast on a Wright-Giemsa stained smear of the pleural fluid cells allowed prompt initiation of amphotericin B.
Marshall
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Pulmonary Division, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis.
Cox
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Carroll
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Morrison
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
D000666:Amphotericin B