Concomitant disseminated histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis in a person with AIDS

A 46-year-old Hispanic male from Ecuador presented with fever, malaise, weight loss, and dyspnea. He was HIV-positive with a CD4+ cell count of 4/microL. He was hospitalized, and therapy for community-acquired pneumonia with broad-spectrum antibiotics was started. Both Histoplasma capsulatum and Cry...

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Published inThe AIDS reader Vol. 16; no. 11; p. 602
Main Authors Swaminathan, Shobha, Imrit, Kavita, Green, Jamie, Das, Kasturi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2006
Subjects
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - microbiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - microbiology
Cryptococcosis - virology
Cryptococcus neoformans - isolation & purification
Histoplasma - isolation & purification
Histoplasmosis - virology
HIV
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
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Summary:A 46-year-old Hispanic male from Ecuador presented with fever, malaise, weight loss, and dyspnea. He was HIV-positive with a CD4+ cell count of 4/microL. He was hospitalized, and therapy for community-acquired pneumonia with broad-spectrum antibiotics was started. Both Histoplasma capsulatum and Cryptococcus neoformans were cultured from bronchial lavage, blood, and bone marrow specimens. Despite aggressive therapy with amphotericin B, the patient died 8 days after admission.
ISSN:1053-0894