Temporal trends of cutaneo-mucous histoplasmosis in persons living with HIV in French Guiana: Early diagnosis defuses South American strain dermotropism.

• Main Authors: Sophie Morote (Author), Mathieu Nacher (Author), Romain Blaizot (Author), Balthazar Ntab (Author), Denis Blanchet (Author), Kinan Drak Alsibai (Author), Magalie Demar (Author), Félix Djossou (Author), Pierre Couppié (Author), Antoine Adenis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Histoplasmosis is the most frequent opportunistic infection and the first cause of mortality in HIV-infected patients in French Guiana and presumably in much of Latin America. Mucocutaneous lesions of histoplasmosis are considered as rare and late manifestations of the disease. It has been debated w...