title: Articular presentation of disseminated histoplasmosis.
abstract: Histoplasmosis is an important opportunistic disease to consider in immunocompromised patients from endemic areas. Articular presentations of disseminated histoplasmosis are uncommon. We describe the case of a renal transplant recipient originating from South Africa in whom a suppurative arthritis presented as a manifestation of disseminated histoplasmosis.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rheumatology, University College London Hospitals, 4th Floor, Arthur Stanley House, 40-50 Tottenham Street, London, W1T 4NJ, UK.
authors.forename: Debajit
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Birns
authors.forename: Anisur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D033023:Foot Joints / Q000382:microbiology*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology