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Dua Noor Butt1, Muhamad Sheharyar Warraich2, Akshay Machanahalli Balakrishna1, Mahmoud Ismayl1, Sumbul Liaqat3, Kanza Noor Butt4, Joseph Thirumalareddy5, Manasa Velagapudi6.
Abstract
A 28-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus on hydroxychloroquine and steroid therapy presented with fever, dysentery, and thrombocytopenia. Marrow aspirate revealed yeast forms of histoplasmosis. She was treated with liposomal amphotericin B followed by itraconazole with resolution of symptoms and marrow recovery.Entities:
Keywords: Anemia; colitis; histoplasmosis; thrombocytopenia
Year: 2022 PMID: 35518794 PMCID: PMC9037476 DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2022.2035163
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) ISSN: 0899-8280