Oral histoplasmosis - Critical Care Science (CCS)

To the editor,

Histoplasmosis is an opportunistic fungal infection, endemic to Latin America, that is caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. This infection mostly occurs in the lungs⁽⁾ and is frequently associated with AIDS.⁽⁾ Sometimes, histoplasmosis is misinterpreted with tuberculosis due to their clinical similarities.^(,) Oral involvement is very rare in histoplasmosis, being associated only with its disseminated form.⁽⁾

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