Oral histoplasmosis masquerading as oral cancer in HIV-infected patient: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Histoplasmosis is an endemic mycoses caused by Histoplasma capsulatum with endemicity around midwestern United States and central America. The endemicity of histoplasmosis in India is not clearly known. Histoplasmosis, especially oral histoplasmosis, is now increasingly being reported from India. We report here a culture-confirmed and sequence confirmed, oral histoplasmosis in a HIV seropositive individual who was referred to our regional cancer centre with a suspicion of oral cancer.

SUBMITTER: Mohammed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3854620 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature