title: [Fatal miliary tuberculosis in an HIV-infected Cameroon woman: disseminated histoplasmosis due to Histoplasma capsulatum capsulatum].
abstract: The purpose of this report is to describe the first Cameroonian case of disseminated histoplasmosis due to Histoplasma capsulatum capsulatum in association with HIV infection. The patient was a 34-year-old HIV1 infected woman. Diagnosis of histoplamosis was made in post-mortem. The similarity of the clinical symptoms with disseminated tuberculosis makes diagnosis of mycosis difficult. Active and effective care of histoplasmosis is urgently necessary for the HIV infected persons.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, Hôpital général, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Mandengue
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindou
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mandeng
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Takuefou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nouedoui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Atangana
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fonkoua
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D002163:Cameroon; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000502:physiology; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000502:physiology; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*