Browsing by Author "Lockhart, Shawn R."

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    Cutaneous presentation of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis nine years after renal transplantation
    (Wiley, 2013) Rosado-Odom, Vera M.; Daoud, Jacques; Johnson, Raymond; Allen, Stephen D.; Lockhart, Shawn R.; Iqbal, Naureen; Shieh, Wun-Ju; Zaki, Sherif; Sharfuddin, Asif; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Initial presentation of invasive fungal infections such as histoplasmosis can include non-specific clinical manifestations, especially in immunocompromised patients. A high index of suspicion is required to identify atypical manifestations of these diseases, which carry a high risk of mortality, if the diagnosis is delayed or missed. We describe a case of a kidney transplant recipient with cutaneous lesions as initial manifestation of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis where a skin biopsy was crucial to an early diagnosis.