Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
No matter how typical a cutaneous eruption may be in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, early histologic evaluation is necessary if a delay in diagnosis and treatment is to be avoided. We report the case of a 33-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who was clinically misdiagnosed as having a drug-induced eruption. Three weeks later he died with disseminated histoplasmosis.
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Bryn Mawr Hospital, Pennsylvania, USA.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology