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Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum and Cryptococcus neoformans Co-Infection in Patients with AIDS

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Histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis are the most prevalent systemic mycoses in HIV-infected patients. The authors report a 20-year-old Brazilian HIV-positive woman with concomitant disseminated histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis. In addition, we review the reported cases described in the medical literature.

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  1. Section of Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Maria Luisa Aronis, Rodrigo Pires dos Santos & Luciano Zubaran Goldani

  2. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Serviço de Infectologia, Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Luciano Zubaran Goldani

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Aronis, M.L., dos Santos, R.P. & Goldani, L.Z. Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum and Cryptococcus neoformans Co-Infection in Patients with AIDS. Mycopathologia 172, 233–236 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-011-9422-x

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