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Bone Marrow Histoplasmosis

Author: Stephen Roth, 07/11/2018
Category: Infectious Disease > Fungi > Histoplasmosis  
Published Date: 07/11/2018

49-year-old male presents with fever, low platelet count, nucleated RBCs, and left shifted WBCs. LDH reported to be greater that 1500 U/L. Patient was recently diagnosed with AIDS (CD4 <200)

After histologic diagnosis, a urinalysis was performed for histoplasmosis antigen, which was positive ( >23 ng/mL, reference positive: >0.5 ng/mL)