title: Acalculous Cholecystitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum in a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient.
abstract: Billiary tract involvement in the course of disseminated histoplasmosis has been rarely reported. Here we present a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient who presented with symptomatic acalculous cholecystitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum.
authors: Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. digeorge0192000@yahoo.com
authors: Jorge
authors: J
authors: Alave
authors: Beatriz
authors: B
authors: Bustamante
authors: Leslie
authors: L
authors: Soto
authors: Jaime
authors: J
authors: Caceres
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Seas
mesh_terms: D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D055815:Young Adult