Acalculous Cholecystitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum in a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient.
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Billiary tract involvement in the course of disseminated histoplasmosis has been rarely reported. Here we present a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient who presented with symptomatic acalculous cholecystitis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of infection in developing countries
دوره 5 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011