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. 1992 Aug;68(4):258–259. doi: 10.1136/sti.68.4.258

Concurrent salmonellosis and histoplasmosis in AIDS: an unusual co-existence in Britain.

S Crowley 1, R J Coker 1, S M Murphy 1
PMCID: PMC1194885  PMID: 1398663

Abstract

A patient is described with systemic salmonellosis which was unresponsive to therapy. Histoplasma capsulatum was isolated after death and we suggest that dysfunction of the reticuloendothelial system by H. capsulatum may have altered the prognosis.

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