Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis

Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis is an infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, and most people who develop this severe form of histoplasmosis are immunocompromised or taking systemic corticosteroids.^[1]^:316 Skin lesions are present in approximately 6% of patients with dissemination.^[1]^:316

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

Fungal infection and mesomycetozoea (B35–B49, 110–118)

Superficial and
cutaneous
(dermatomycosis):
Tinea = skin;
Piedra (exothrix/
endothrix) = hair

Ascomycota

Dermatophyte
(Dermatophytosis)

By location	Tinea barbae/tinea capitis Kerion Tinea corporis Ringworm Dermatophytids Tinea cruris Tinea manuum Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) Tinea unguium/onychomycosis White superficial onychomycosis Distal subungual onychomycosis Proximal subungual onychomycosis Tinea corporis gladiatorum Tinea faciei Tinea imbricata Tinea incognito Favus

By organism	Epidermophyton floccosum Microsporum canis Microsporum audouinii Trichophyton interdigitale/mentagrophytes Trichophyton tonsurans Trichophyton schoenleini Trichophyton rubrum

Other

Basidiomycota

Subcutaneous,
systemic,
and opportunistic

Ascomycota

Dimorphic
(yeast+mold)

Onygenales	Coccidioides immitis/Coccidioides posadasii Coccidioidomycosis Disseminated coccidioidomycosis Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis. Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis Histoplasma capsulatum Histoplasmosis Primary cutaneous histoplasmosis Primary pulmonary histoplasmosis Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis Histoplasma duboisii African histoplasmosis Lacazia loboi Lobomycosis Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Paracoccidioidomycosis

Other	Blastomyces dermatitidis Blastomycosis North American blastomycosis South American blastomycosis Sporothrix schenckii Sporotrichosis Penicillium marneffei Penicilliosis

Yeast-like

Mold-like

Basidiomycota

Cryptococcus neoformans
- Cryptococcosis
- Trichosporon spp
- Trichosporonosis

Zygomycota
(Zygomycosis)

Mucorales (Mucormycosis)	Rhizopus oryzae Mucor indicus Lichtheimia corymbifera Syncephalastrum racemosum Apophysomyces variabilis

Entomophthorales (Entomophthoramycosis)	Basidiobolus ranarum Basidiobolomycosis Conidiobolus coronatus/Conidiobolus incongruus Conidiobolomycosis

Microsporidia
(Microsporidiosis)

Enterocytozoon bieneusi/Encephalitozoon intestinalis

Mesomycetozoea

Rhinosporidium seeberi
- Rhinosporidiosis

Ungrouped

Index of fungal disease

Description	Fungi Classification

Disease	Fungus

Treatment	Drugs

Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis

See also

References