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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 1997, 2649-2650, Vol 35, No. 10
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Histoplasma capsulatum sinusitis

AA Butt and J Carreon
Section of Infectious Diseases, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112, USA. aabutt@bellsouth.net

Sinusitis is commonly reported in patients with AIDS. In addition to the usual bacterial pathogens isolated from immunocompetent patients, sinusitis in patients with AIDS may be caused by a variety of unusual bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and mycobacteria. Histoplasma capsulatum has not typically been associated with sinusitis in either group of patients. We report a case of sinusitis caused by H. capsulatum in a patient with AIDS.




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