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Presentation Case 11. Histoplasmosis
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A 35-year-old HIV-infected man from Ohio presents to his primary care provider with low-grade ever, dry cough, malaise, and a 5-lb weight loss over the past month. He is adherent to his HIV medications. Physical examination shows hepatosplenomegaly and palatal ulcers. His CBC reveals pancytopenia, and a CXR shows hilar lymphadenopathy.
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The patient has clinical features of disseminated histoplasmosis ( ever, malaise, weight loss, pancytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, palatal ulcers).
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