A 30 yr old woman has a painless ulcer on her tongue. She is HIV-antibocdy-positive and has a CD4 count of 25. Her serum is nonreactive in the VDRL test. Biopsy of the lesion revealed yeasts within macrophages.
What it the diagnosis ?
hero Forum Guru
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07/18/08 - 10:06 PM
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histoplasmosis?
Eagle_303 Forum Guru
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07/18/08 - 11:56 PM
#3
Wow !!! you are really our "Hero".
You are right.Histplasma has yeast inside the macrophages.
very nice.
MAB Forum Elite
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07/19/08 - 04:58 PM
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that is actually a step-1micro type of question...... ___________________ 91/84/cs passed,2005 grad,GC,no USCE
Eagle_303 Forum Guru
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07/19/08 - 07:52 PM
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MAB wrote: that is actually a step-1micro type of question......
I see.I did not know that diagnosis is step I stuff not step -2 CK relevant.
