Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic Area

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 r...

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Main Authors:	Nidhya Ganesan, Reetika Sharma, Manjiri Dilip Phansalkar, Renug boy Varghese
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2015-12-01
Series:	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:	bone marrow aspirate histoplasma capsulatum immunocompetent incidental finding
Online Access:	https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6894/14655_CE[Ra1]_F(AK)_PF1(Ek_Om)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf

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spelling	doaj-48664c2295c049fa83dc6a2b0bc542f42020-11-25T03:27:43ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-12-01912ED07ED0810.7860/JCDR/2015/14655.6894Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic AreaNidhya Ganesan0Reetika Sharma1Manjiri Dilip Phansalkar2Renug boy Varghese3Postgraduate, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.Professor, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.Professor, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.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.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6894/14655_CE[Ra1]_F(AK)_PF1(Ek_Om)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfbone marrow aspiratehistoplasma capsulatumimmunocompetentincidental finding
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spellingShingle	Nidhya Ganesan Reetika Sharma Manjiri Dilip Phansalkar Renug boy Varghese Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic Area Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research bone marrow aspirate histoplasma capsulatum immunocompetent incidental finding
author_facet	Nidhya Ganesan Reetika Sharma Manjiri Dilip Phansalkar Renug boy Varghese
author_sort	Nidhya Ganesan
title	Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic Area
title_short	Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic Area
title_full	Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic Area
title_fullStr	Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic Area
title_full_unstemmed	Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic Area
title_sort	disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed on bone marrow aspirate – a rare presentation from a non-endemic area
publisher	JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn	2249-782X 0973-709X
publishDate	2015-12-01
description	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.
topic	bone marrow aspirate histoplasma capsulatum immunocompetent incidental finding
url	https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6894/14655_CE[Ra1]_F(AK)_PF1(Ek_Om)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf
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Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Diagnosed on Bone Marrow Aspirate – A Rare Presentation from a Non-Endemic Area

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