A patient lives in Chicago and has HIV and a weakened immune system. What fungal infection is the patient at risk of developing?
a. Mycoplasma infection
b. Blastomycosis
c. Streptococcal infection
d. Disseminated histoplasmosis
D
Disseminated histoplasmosis is most likely to occur in patients with HIV or another condition that decreases the immune response to an infection. Asymptomatic histoplasmosis and the other listed infections can occur in any patient.
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