title: Disseminated histoplasmosis in an AIDS patient diagnosed on bone marrow.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srikrishna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sitalakshmi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shantala Devi
authors.forename: Prema
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Damodar
authors.forename: George Albert
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: D'Souza
mesh_terms: 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