Baidya Ankita, Sachdeva Charu Goel, Bhatia Priyanka, Pruthi Ankur, Joshi Sangeeta
Department of Infectious Diseases, Manipal Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Department of Internal Medicine, Manipal Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS. 2022 Jul-Dec;43(2):181-183. doi: 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_92_21. Epub 2022 Aug 1.
Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection (OI) in HIV infected patients. The Diagnosis is challenging due to lack of testing facilities. Hereby we report a young male who presented with fever & rash, was diagnosed with HIV and disseminated histoplasmosis. The timely management with antifungals was started after the of positive serum galactomannan report in the background of appropriate clinical setting.
组织胞浆菌病是HIV感染患者中的一种机会性感染(OI)。由于缺乏检测设施,诊断具有挑战性。在此,我们报告一名年轻男性,他出现发热和皮疹,被诊断为HIV感染并患有播散性组织胞浆菌病。在适当的临床背景下,血清半乳甘露聚糖报告呈阳性后,及时开始使用抗真菌药物进行治疗。