Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018
A RARE CASE OF PEDIATRIC DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS PRESENTING AS HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS IN A SETTING OF IMMUNO–SUPPRESSION.
Suvasia P, Shaikh S
Abstract :
Background: Disseminated histoplasmosis is a rare fungal infection and most documented cases are found in immune–compromised individuals especially HIV infection.
Objective: To describe a case of progressive disseminated Histoplasmosis in an HIV reactive adolescent girl with fever and rash presenting as HLH.
Case study: We report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a 12 year old HIV reactive adolescent girl, admitted with PUO, skin rash, a short travel history without any known illness in the past.
Conclusion: Histoplasmosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in HIV reactive patients with HLH irrespective of the endemicity.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Suvasia P, Shaikh S, A RARE CASE OF PEDIATRIC DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS PRESENTING AS HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS IN A SETTING OF IMMUNO–SUPPRESSION., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018
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Suvasia P, Shaikh S, A RARE CASE OF PEDIATRIC DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS PRESENTING AS HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS IN A SETTING OF IMMUNO–SUPPRESSION., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018
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