Histoplasmosis masquerading as tuberculosis: A case report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-68

  Babu, S Nagesh ^b   Malhotra, Pankaj ^a   Radotra, B D ^b   Verma, Subhash ^a   Banerjee, A K ^b  

^a Department of Histopathology ^*  (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Disseminated histoplasmosis; India; Leucopenia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UREA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEPTICEMIA; SPUTUM; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THRUSH; TOXIC HEPATITIS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WHEEZING;

AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0038247631     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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