COVID-19-Associated Histoplasmosis in an AIDS Patient.

Rossana Patricia BassoVanice Rodrigues PoesterJéssica Louise BenelliDavid A StevensHeruza Einsfeld ZogbiIzadora Clezar da S VasconcellosAlessandro Comarú PasqualottoMelissa Orzechowski Xavier

Published in: Mycopathologia (2020)

Most reports associating fungal infections with COVID-19 have been cases of invasive aspergillosis. Here, we report a case of severe histoplasmosis and COVID-19 infections in an HIV patient in Rio Grande, Southern Brazil. Histoplasmosis must be included as a diagnostic possibility in opportunistic fungal co-infections in COVID-19 patients with AIDS, mainly in endemic areas.

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