title: Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum and Cryptococcus neoformans co-infection in patients with AIDS.
abstract: Histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis are the most prevalent systemic mycoses in HIV-infected patients. The authors report a 20-year-old Brazilian HIV-positive woman with concomitant disseminated histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis. In addition, we review the reported cases described in the medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Aronis
authors.forename: Rodrigo Pires
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Luciano Zubaran
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Goldani
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001938:Brazil; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult