Lesiones cutáneas como manifestación de una histoplasmosis diseminada en un hospital del Perú

Abstract

Comunicación BreveLesiones cutáneas como manifestación de una histoplasmosis diseminada en un hospital del Perú W. Samir Cubas, Gerardo Jiménez y Juan Vega Skin lesions of a disseminated histoplasmosis in PeruThe dermatological manifestations of disseminated histoplasmosis present in about 17% of the cases, is a challenge for its diagnosis. We report the case of a patient from the northern coast of Peru, who presented diffuse dermal lesions, erythema-violaceous nodules, and ulcers histopathologically compatible with the infection of the genus Histoplasma var. capsulatum