A gingival manifestation of histoplasmosis leading diagnosis

• Main Authors: Marco Tullio Brazão-Silva (Author), Grabriela Wagner Mancusi (Author), Francine Vilar Bazzoun (Author), Gleyce Yakushijin Ishisaki (Author), Marcelo Marcucci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Histoplasmosis is a world-wide distributed deep mycosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum which has been endemic in many countries. We present a case involving an immunocompetent man evidencing the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach and rational requisition of exams. The disease has started as...