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The Histoplasma fungus causes histoplasmosis. It occurs in soils that contain a large amount of bird or bat droppings. It is most common in the central and eastern states. These two conditions can ...
Twelve people on a family vacation in Costa Rica in December 2024 were sickened with histoplasmosis when they came in contact ...
It would be surprising if radiologists and pathologists in the endemic area of histoplasmosis were not impressed with the frequency of splenic calcification, even if their impressions are not ...
During the second outbreak acute pulmonary histoplasmosis developed in 87 ... as an indication of recent infection; and other causes of epidemic erythema nodosum could readily be excluded.
Studies have shown that the geographic range of histoplasmosis is expanding in the United States. The lung infection is more common in rural areas and places with limited health care infrastructure.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published last week found confirmed or likely cases of histoplasmosis, a fungal infection primarily in the lungs and linked the group’s ...