In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, scientists detected Histoplasma capsulatum deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in soil and penguin fecal samples in Antarctica, ...

Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum. It is a disease that primarily affects the lungs, but other organs may be involved as well. It usually causes a mild ...

The present work was undertaken to obtain epidemiological data on the extent and distribution of Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum and Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis diseases in the Vipos, La Toma ...

Cough? Check. Fever? Check. But bet you didn't think that this common fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, could be making you sick. If you go to the doctor with a cough and fever, odds are you're not ...

A public health investigation into six unrelated cases of histoplasmosis in Idaho and Montana has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend that healthcare providers in these ...

A 41-year-old outdoor workman was admitted to the Jefferson Davis Hospital on April 27, 1963, because of progressive breathlessness. He had been well until 3 months previously, when anorexia, retching ...

Histoplasmosis is an infectious condition caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. It is caused when the spores of the fungus are inhaled into the lungs. Histoplasma capsulatum lives in river ...

Histoplasma capsulatum is endemic to southwestern Ontario and may cause disseminated infection, even in an immunocompetent host. When assessing a patient with primary adrenal insufficiency, providers ...

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A 59-year-old married retired Air Force sergeant from Tennessee entered the hospital on May 6, 1965. He had been well until August, 1964, when he had a thromboembolectomy of the left iliac artery at ...