AIDS-related disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosis

[摘要] In a patient with AIDS-related histoplasmosis, and skin lesions, the diagnosis of mycosis through usual methodology was made, which was described in this paper. The use of skin lesion scarification in these patients offers an economic, fast and simple method for diagnosis of endemic mycosis. The severe immunodeficiency of these patients raises the microbial charge present in tissues and clinical materials, which facilitates the application of direct mycological diagnosis methods such as microscopic analysis and culturing. The observation of intracellular yeast in microscopical preparations, which are irregularly stained through the Giemsa technique, leads to rapid mycological diagnosis, later confirmed by the culturing, and allows the immediate administration of antifungal treatment. All this improves the possibilities of a sucessful treatment.

[学科分类] 传染病学

[关键词] histoplasmosis;AIDS;cutaneous histoplasmosis;mycological diagnosis