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Cutaneous presentation of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis nine years after renal transplantation
Author(s) -
RosadoOdom V.M.,
Daoud J.,
Johnson R.,
Allen S.D.,
Lockhart S.R.,
Iqbal N.,
Shieh W.J.,
Zaki S.,
Sharfuddin A.A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12059
Subject(s) - medicine , histoplasmosis , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , biopsy , transplantation , kidney transplantation , skin biopsy , pathology , surgery
Initial presentation of invasive fungal infections such as histoplasmosis can include non‐specific clinical manifestations, especially in immunocompromised patients. A high index of suspicion is required to identify atypical manifestations of these diseases, which carry a high risk of mortality, if the diagnosis is delayed or missed. We describe a case of a kidney transplant recipient with cutaneous lesions as initial manifestation of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis where a skin biopsy was crucial to an early diagnosis.
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