title: Clinicopathological features of cutaneous histoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in Zimbabwe.
abstract: Reports of disseminated Histoplasma infection in African AIDS patients are scanty. In Zimbabwe, 12 patients presented in 1994-2000 with facial nodular/papular cutaneous lesions, which became umbilicated and finally ulcerated. Histology revealed non-granulomatous inflammation and macrophages stuffed with Histoplasma. Recognition of these clinical features may lead to more rapid diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis in Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gumbo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Just-Nübling
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Latif
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Borok
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hohle
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015030:Zimbabwe