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Disseminated Histoplasmosis (DH) is a relentlessly progressive granulomatous disease which can mimic many other granulomatous diseases including tuberculosis.
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This article confirms the importance of considering disseminated fungal infections as a possibility while dealing with disseminated granulomatous infections in immunocompetent individuals although they come from an non endemic area. All granulomatous infections are not due to tuberculosis, hence it is important to obtain a etiological evidence before treatment.
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This page is a summary of: Disseminated histoplasmosis, Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, January 2013, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.121601.
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