Disseminated histoplasmosis in an AIDS patient diagnosed on bone marrow.
A 29 year old male drug addict, who was HIV positive presented with fever and hepatosplenomegaly. Bone marrow examination revealed Histoplasma capsulatum confirmed by PAS & GMS stains. However patient had a rapid downhill course with multiorgan failure and died before specific treatment could be instituted.
Srikrishna
Anuradha
A
Department of Clinical Pathology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.
Sitalakshmi
S
S
Shantala Devi
A M
AM
Damodar
Prema
P
D'Souza
George Albert
GA
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000382:microbiology; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male