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June 20, 2026Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease SocietyOpen Access

Darling’s Disease in a Non-HIV Patient – A Rare Case Report from Western Rajasthan

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JRJayant RamawatDKDeepak KanjaniAKAmrin KhanGandhi Medical College & Hospital

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Case report of disseminated histoplasmosis demonstrating critical diagnosis and treatment outcomes in immunosuppressed individual.

Key Points

  • To highlight a rare case of disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompromised, non-HIV patient.
  • Reported a case of a 44-year-old female with symptoms of prolonged fever and weight loss.
  • Conducted histopathology and fungal culture for diagnosis.
  • Administered intravenous amphotericin B followed by oral itraconazole for treatment.
  • Histopathology revealed intracellular yeast-like organisms confirmed as H. capsulatum.
  • The patient showed marked clinical and hematological improvement post-treatment.
  • Key findings included pancytopenia and reticulonodular lung opacities.

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Ramawat et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a3630f5db0793dc1a537efbhttps://doi.org/10.4103/cids.cids_73_25
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