Disseminated histoplasmosis in chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

Miller, Cindy; Grossmann, H.

doi:10.1007/bf02012396

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“…The usual causative organisms were Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza . Other infections, usually associated with immunocompromised patients, such as nocardiosis 14 and systemic histoplasmosis, 15 have also been described. There have been two previous case reports of PCP associated with CMC, one in a 15‐year‐old boy and the other in a 17‐year‐old boy.…”

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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia infection in a patient with known chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

et al. 2005

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Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis is a disorder of the skin, nails or mucous membranes in the absence of another cause of the infection. It is also associated with autoimmune endocrinopathies in 40% of patients. It is thought to be due to a T-cell defect, although no precise mechanism has been elucidated. There have been two previous cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia reported with this condition. We report a fatal case in a 34-year-old male.

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