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Mucocutaneous histoplasmosis as the first manifestation of AIDS.
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Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry [Spec Care Dentist] 2024 Jul-Aug; Vol. 44 (4), pp. 1059-1064. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 06. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Immunosuppressed patients can present with opportunistic infections resulting from an intrinsic systemic disease, which easily evolves into more aggressive and less common conditions. This work reports a clinical case of a female patient with histoplasmosis lesions in the nasal and oral mucosa, including pulmonary, hematological, and hepatic impairment, which led to the diagnosis of HIV seropositivity. In the presence of severe immunosuppression, morbidity is increased due to deep fungal infections and their unusual clinical characteristics can make diagnosis difficult. Therefore, it can be very helpful to recognize these clinical characteristics in order to determine early diagnostic interventions. It is important to recognize mucocutaneous manifestations of histoplasmosis because the biopsy of these lesions, and subsequent histopathological analysis, is one of the quickest, safest, and cheapest methods of diagnosis.<br /> (© 2024 Special Care Dentistry Association and Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1754-4505
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38321578
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12972