title: Disseminated primary cutaneous histoplasmosis successfully treated with itraconazole.
abstract: A 60-year-old immunocompetent lady with disseminated primary cutaneous histoplasmosis is reported. Histology showed a granulomatous skin infiltrate with numerous intracellular PAS positive rounded yeast cells within macrophages. Culture on Sabouraud's dextrose agar yielded a typical cottony white colony characteristic of Histoplasma capsulatum. Treatment with itraconazole showed an excellent response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Skin, STD &Leprosy, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur. mks_2_in@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Singhi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kacchawa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta