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Cutaneous Histoplasmosis in AIDS Patient: Case Report
| Resumo: | This report describes a case of disseminated cutaneous histoplasmosis in a 30 years old black woman, born and living in Mozambique, with disseminated eruptive multiple papules, some of them with erosions, localized also in palms, plants and oropharyngeal mucosa. The HIV 2 test was positive and the CD4 count was 1 cel/mm3. Histopathology was compatible with infection by Histoplasma capsulatum. She was treated with amphotericin B during 21 days, with clinical improvement, followed by oral fluconazole 400 mg/day and antiretroviral, but she died 13 months later from gastroenteritis. |
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| Autores principais: | Kombo, A. |
| Outros Autores: | Monteiro, I.; César, N.; Catorze, G.; Henriques, M.; Manuel, R.; Cunha, A.; Luciano, G. |
| Assunto: | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Dermatomycoses Histoplasmosis Dermatomicoses Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a SIDA Histoplasmose Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Portuguese Journal of Dermatology |
| Resumo: | This report describes a case of disseminated cutaneous histoplasmosis in a 30 years old black woman, born and living in Mozambique, with disseminated eruptive multiple papules, some of them with erosions, localized also in palms, plants and oropharyngeal mucosa. The HIV 2 test was positive and the CD4 count was 1 cel/mm3. Histopathology was compatible with infection by Histoplasma capsulatum. She was treated with amphotericin B during 21 days, with clinical improvement, followed by oral fluconazole 400 mg/day and antiretroviral, but she died 13 months later from gastroenteritis. |
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