A rare cause of nodular skin lesions with fever in an immunocompetent individual.

Mahto, Subodh Kumar; Jamal, Afroz; Gupta, Pankaj Kumar; Majumdar, Pritam; Grewal, Vijeta; Agarwal, Nagina · J Family Med Prim Care · 2019

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Histoplasmosis is a fungal disease caused by the dimorphic fungus <i>Histoplasma capsulatum</i>. It is endemic to many parts of the world but is rarely seen in India. The fungus usually affects the immunocompromised patients and is rarely reported in immunocompetent hosts. We hereby report a case of the nodular skin lesion with fever lesion that finally turned out to have cutaneous histoplasmosis, from a non-endemic region of northern India and that too in an immunocompetent.