Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as an ulcerated verrucous plaque in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected man. Report of a case possibly involving human-to-human transmission of histoplasmosis

Int J Dermatol. 1991 Feb;30(2):104-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1991.tb04220.x.

Abstract

A 46-year-old homosexual man with disseminated histoplasmosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection had a histoplasmosis-related ulcerated verrucous plaque above his left upper lip; systemic and cutaneous disease manifestations of histoplasmosis resolved with daily ketoconazole therapy. Disseminated histoplasmosis, with similar cutaneous features, also was present in his HIV-seropositive male sexual partner. The possibility of human-to-human transmission of histoplasmosis between these patients is considered and the skin lesions of systemic fungal infections in HIV-infected patients are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dermatomycoses / complications*
  • Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
  • Dermatomycoses / pathology
  • Dermatomycoses / transmission
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Histoplasmosis / complications*
  • Histoplasmosis / drug therapy
  • Histoplasmosis / pathology
  • Histoplasmosis / transmission
  • Humans
  • Ketoconazole / therapeutic use
  • Lip
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Ketoconazole