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- Title
SEPTIC SHOCK IN PATIENT WITH DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH AIDS: A CASE REPORT.
- Authors
de Oliveira POSWAR, Fabiano; CARNEIRO, Jair Almeida; STUART, Janice Mendes; Oliveira FELICIANO, Jorge Patrick; NASSAU, Daniella Cristina
- Abstract
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by Histoplasma capsulation, which may present itself as a serious infection in immunocompromised individuals. We present a case of 31 -year-old female with newly diagnosed HIV infection and history of fever, general and respiratory symptoms and diffuse hyperchromic papules through the body. She was admitted, with rapid progression to septic shock, and the presence of neutrophils filled with yeast-like organisms was detected on peripheral blood smear hematoscopia on the third day of hospitalization. The following is a brief review on the clinical picture and management of histoplasmosis.
- Subjects
HISTOPLASMOSIS; HISTOPLASMA capsulatum; HIV infections; NEUTROPHILS; MEDICAL care of HIV-positive persons; FEVER
- Publication
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2013, Vol 55, Issue 4, p283
- ISSN
0036-4665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0036-46652013000400010