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Disseminated cutaneous-only histoplasmosis in a patient with AIDS.

Matthew J LinDaniel MazzoniDouglas Gin
Published in: The Australasian journal of dermatology (2019)
Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that occurs predominantly in immunocompromised patients. Cutaneous lesions in histoplasmosis are rare and typically occur in the absence of extra-cutaneous manifestations. We present a rare case of disseminated cutaneous-only histoplasmosis in a patient with recently diagnosed AIDS.
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