title: Histoplasmosis and AIDS co-infection.
abstract: This report concerns an AIDS patient presenting systemic and cutaneous manifestations of histoplasmosis. A histopathological and mycological examination of the skin lesion confirmed the diagnosis. In AIDS patients histoplasmosis arises mainly when the T-CD4+ cell count is less than 50 cells/mm3. In such cases, histoplasmosis can be severe and if left untreated can lead to death, as occurred with this patient.
authors.affiliation: Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Tereza
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: Lisiane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: Anette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chrusciak-Talhari
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos de Lima
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Sinesio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talhari
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Talhari
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male