HISTOPLASMOSIS MYOSITIS: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW.

Disseminated histoplasmosis is an AIDS-defining illness that can affect multiple organ systems. Myositis due to histoplasmosis is rare in HIV infected patients. We report here an HIV-infected patient who presented with myositis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. Her HIV was under poor control and her CD4 cell count was only 11 cells/mm3. She responded well to treatment but later succumbed to another opportunistic infection. The literature on disseminated histoplasmosis is reviewed.