Clinicopathological features of cutaneous histoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in Zimbabwe.
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.
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Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Just-Nübling
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Robertson
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Latif
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Borok
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Hohle
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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