Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (Apr 1994)

Histoplasmose disseminada em pacientes com Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida (SIDA): estudo de 25 casos Disseminated histoplasniosis in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): study of 25 cases

  • Marineide Melo Rocha,
  • Luiz Carlos Severo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000200013
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 2
pp. 167 – 170

Abstract

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São apresentados 25 casos de histoplasmose disseminada em pacientes com SIDA. O envolvimento mucocutâneo estabeleceu o diagnóstico de histoplasmose disseminada em 68% dos casos. Destacamos a importância da histoplasmose como infecção oportunística em paciente HIV positivo.Twenty five cases of disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with AIDS are presented. Mucocutaneous involvement established the diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis in 68% of the cases. We point out the importance of histoplasmosis as an opportunistic infection in patients with HIV.

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