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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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Disseminated histoplasmosis
O Sasikumari, S Anupama
Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. O Sasikumari
Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jacm.jacm_60_16
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Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus which produces systemic infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of histoplasmosis in a patient with diabetes who presented with fever of unknown origin of 1-year duration. He expired due to discontinuation of treatment.
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