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Abstract

Disseminated histoplasmosis and nocardiosis typically affect immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of gastrointestinal and adrenal histoplasmosis, presenting as protein-losing enteropathy and hypogammaglobulinaemia, coincident with infection, in a HIV-negative patient in whom a specific immunological defect could not be identified. Clinicians in areas of non-endemicity should be vigilant for rare manifestations of histoplasmosis.

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