Background: Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii (H. duboisii) causes potentially fatal disease in the immunocompromised patient, and the literature on these cases is limited. The study was undertaken to describe the cases of H. duboisii seen in a resource-limited setting.Methods: A 5-year retrospective, laboratory-based histopathologic review of all H. duboisii cases.Results: A total of 24 patients were diagnosed with cutaneous H. duboisii infection.The male-to-female ratio was 1.4. All the patients were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive, and 70.83% (17 of 24 patients) were on antiretroviral therapy.The clinically identified lesions were as follows: plaques, nodular plaques, papules, papulo-pustules, and umbilicated papules. Histopathological appraisal revealed organisms typical of H. duboisii. The commonest epidermal alterations were interface change, parakeratosis, spongiosis, ulceration, acanthosis, hyperkeratosis, transepidermal elimination, and exocytosis in decreasing order. The dermal changes included histiocytic pattern (n = 14), neutrophil-rich (n = 13), non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation (n = 9), and karyorrhexis (n = 6). Histoplasma was confirmed in 53% (8 of 15 samples) of the tissue samples submitted for routine fungal culture. Conclusion:This study showed the demographics, clinical and histopathology features of H. duboisii infection in a resource-limited setting. Further research on histopathological features of this rare infection is essential to expand on the knowledge base and support findings in this study.
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