ACUTE DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS IN CHILDREN

[摘要] Three cases of proved histoplasmosis, two in infants and one in a child of three years, are presented.The mode of onset, clinical symptomatology, laboratory and roentgenographic findings in these three cases are presented in detail.All three cases terminated fatally indicating that in the well developed clinical case of histoplasmosis the prognosis appears hopeless. No effective fungicide is as yet available to combat this disease.

[学科分类] 儿科学