title: Histoplasmosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
abstract: This case report describes a 50-year-old man from South America with AIDS who developed disseminated histoplasmosis with focal lymph node involvement. Treatment with ketoconazole was initially successful. Six weeks after cessation of ketoconazole he died of what was thought to be relapse of histoplasmosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Rawlinson
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Packham
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007654:Ketoconazole