Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non–Endemic Area
Published: December 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6894
Nidhya Ganesan, Reetika sharma, Manjiri Dilip Phansalkar, Renug boy Varghese
1. Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
3. Professor, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
4. Professor, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Nidhya Ganesan,
Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry-605014, India.
E-mail :nidhyaganesan@yahoo.com
Histoplasmosis causing systemic fungal infection is commonly seen in endemic areas. In India, disease prevalence is more in eastern part of the country and there have been very few reports from southern part of India. The occurrence of disseminated histoplasmosis in immunocompetent individual is rare. We report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent individual with no underlying risk factors. The disease was not suspected clinically and was diagnosed by bone marrow aspirate incidentally.
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