title: A serendipitous isolate of Histoplasma capsulatum.
abstract: This is a report of an unexpected laboratory diagnosis of Histoplasma capsulatum. The fungus was isolated from an acute cellulitic lesion on the forearm of an elderly male patient with a functioning renal transplant. The patient resides within the environs of Brisbane and has not travelled outside Australia. We consider the isolation of H. capsulatum from a rare site in a patient resident in a non-endemic area indicative of a latent opportunistic infection in an immunocompromised patient.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Medical Laboratory, Brisbane.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forgan-Smith
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakellaris
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arghyros
mesh_terms: D006658:Histoplasma / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged