Serum galactomannan in histoplasmosis in HIV.

Autor: Baidya, Ankita, Sachdeva, Charu, Bhatia, Priyanka, Pruthi, Ankur, Joshi, Sangeeta
Zdroj: Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases & AIDS; Jul-Dec2022, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p181-183, 3p
Abstrakt: 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index