Disseminated histoplasmosis is a severe fungal infection caused by the organism Histoplasma capsulatum, which can lead to significant health complications, especially in immunocompromised ...

Maps of histoplasmosis, blastomycosis and coccidiomycosis may underestimate the areas of endemicity for these infections ...

They tested positive for Histoplasma capsulatum, a fungus that causes histoplasmosis, or an infection of the lungs, doctors said. The 59-year-old had a history of emphysema, a condition that ...

They each developed a condition called histoplasmosis after breathing in spores of a harmful fungus known as Histoplasma capsulatum from bat poop, or guano. The first man, who was 59-years-old ...

Histoplasmosis is of special interest to thoracic surgeons because it may appear in such a wide variety of clinical forms. Fourteen years' experience with 110 proved cases of surgically treated ...

1 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Apart from diabetes mellitus, the patient had no other risk factor for histoplasmosis. Other immunodeficiency workup ...

capsulatum. Fungal blood cultures subsequently grew H. capsulatum var. capsulatum, confirming a diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis. She was treated with intravenous amphotericin B for 2 weeks ...

AIM To investigate whether presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome in the Netherlands is caused by Histoplasma capsulatum and whether other risk factors might play a role in the pathogenesis of this ...