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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JPSIM</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine</journal-title>
        <abbrev-title>J Pak Soc Intern Med</abbrev-title>
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      <issn publication-format="print">2709-8729</issn>
      <issn publication-format="electronic">2710-0804</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.70302/jpsim.v7i2.2632</article-id>
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          <subject>Case Report</subject>
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        <article-title>A Rare Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Young Male: Diagnostic Value of Bone Marrow Biopsy and Fungal Morphological Identification</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Ashfaq</surname>
            <given-names>Muhammad Shayan</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>shayanthebest911@gmail.com</email>
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          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ali</surname>
            <given-names>Natasha</given-names>
          </name>
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        <institution>Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan</institution>
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        <corresp id="cor1">*Correspondence: Muhammad Shayan Ashfaq (shayanthebest911@gmail.com)</corresp>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-06-03">
        <day>03</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>7</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>160</fpage>
      <lpage>162</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-11-04">
          <day>04</day>
          <month>11</month>
          <year>2025</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd" iso-8601-date="2026-04-14">
          <day>14</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-05-04">
          <day>04</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2026 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>The Author(s)</copyright-holder>
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        <p>The dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum causes histoplasmosis, an infection that can manifest as anything from a simple, self-limiting illness to a serious, widely spread illness. Fungal culture is still the gold standard for confirmation, but diagnosis is sometimes delayed by its slow development. Bone marrow analysis can offer a quick and accurate diagnostic substitute in these situations. We describe a male immunocompetent patient, age 21, who has had a persistent fever and malaise for three months that have not improved with empirical treatment. Repeated blood cultures and serologic testing came out negative, but laboratory studies showed cytopenias. Grocott-Gomori methenamine silver and periodic acid-Schiff stains, on the other hand, revealed intracellular and extracellular yeast-like organisms in bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsy that were morphologically consistent with Histoplasma capsulatum.</p>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Histoplasma capsulatum</kwd>
        <kwd>disseminated histoplasmosis</kwd>
        <kwd>bone marrow biopsy</kwd>
        <kwd>cytopenia</kwd>
        <kwd>fungal morphology</kwd>
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