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Disseminated histoplasmosis associated with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Am J Med. 1984 Sep;77(3):579-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/84304273
Taylor MN; Baddour LM; Alexander JR

Abstract: Disseminated histoplasmosis developed in a previously healthy man as the initial manifestation of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Following apparently successful therapy with intravenous amphotericin B, he presented two months later with a subacute pneumonitis syndrome diagnosed by bronchoscopy as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. He showed response to intravenous trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole with resolution of his symptoms and clearing of chest radiographic findings. While he was receiving antibiotics, oral candidiasis developed and has persisted for more than two months despite topical therapy and discontinuation of all antibiotics.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Amphotericin B/THERAPEUTIC USE Candidiasis, Oral/ETIOLOGY Case Report Histoplasmosis/DRUG THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY Human Lymphocytes/IMMUNOLOGY Male Pneumonia/ETIOLOGY Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/ETIOLOGY Pseudomonas Infections/ETIOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE

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