Background: Diabetes and HIV infection are common co-morbid conditions of disseminated Histoplasmosis. Case report: This study reports a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a 4 year old boy with type 1 diabetes mellitus history diagnosed a year before. He was admitted with high fever and cough in pediatric emergency. The child evaluated with more productive cough, hepatosplenomegaly, generalized painful lymph node, whitish plaques in the oral cavity, angular cheilitis and ocular disease (erythema in the sclera and bilateral conjunctiva, leftmost). Diagnosis was based on histopathological examination, culture, bacterioscopy and PCR. Despites the adequate treatment, patient developed blinds in the left eye. Conclusion: After all, we conclude that histoplasmosis became an important public health problem due to the high number of immunocompromised patients, what makes it important the attention on differential diagnosis.
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Author Name: Lima da Silva CG,Vieira RM,Simões-Neto EA,Pereira Lopes JM,Rodrigues RB,Faé BN,et al.
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Keywords: Case Report; Child preschool; Histoplasmosis; Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
ISSN: 2230-7885
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