title: Disseminated histoplasmosis with conjunctival involvement in an immunocompromised patient.
abstract: We report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a 37-year-old male acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient from south India. The patient presented with high-grade fever, cough, conjunctival nodule and papulonodular hyperpigmented skin lesions. Histology of skin lesions and conjunctival nodule showed numerous intracellular Periodic Acid Schiff-positive rounded yeast cells within macrophages. Bone marrow aspirate confirmed disseminated histoplasmosis. The patient showed dramatic response after starting treatment with Amphotercin B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shirali
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kini
authors.forename: Anjith
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vupputuri
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuruvila
authors.forename: M Venkatraya
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Prabhu