Open AccessA rare cause of nodular skin lesions with fever in an immunocompetent individual
Author(s) -
Subodh Kumar Mahto,
Afroz Jamal,
Pankaj Gupta,
Pritam Majumdar,
Vijeta Grewal,
Nidhi Agarwal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_26_19
Subject(s) - histoplasmosis , dimorphic fungus , medicine , lesion , dermatology , histoplasma capsulatum , histoplasma , skin lesion , pathology , fungus , disease , biology , genetics , botany , yeast
Histoplasmosis is a fungal disease caused by the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum . It is endemic to many parts of the world but is rarely seen in India. The fungus usually affects the immunocompromised patients and is rarely reported in immunocompetent hosts. We hereby report a case of the nodular skin lesion with fever lesion that finally turned out to have cutaneous histoplasmosis, from a non-endemic region of northern India and that too in an immunocompetent.