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 ...

Histoplasmosis: A disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Most people with histoplasmosis have no symptoms. However, histoplasma can cause acute or chronic lung disease and progressive ...

Histoplasmosis is caused by spores of the microscopic fungi Histoplasma capsulatum. These spores are inhaled into the lungs that are the primary site of the infection. Histoplasma capsulatum lives in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that can cause swelling, inflammation, and, sometimes, small semi-opaque or calcified nodules on the lungs. However, histoplasmosis does not always cause symptoms.

A troubling surge in a rarely discussed fungal infection is drawing attention from health officials and families across Tennessee. Dozens of residents in Middle Tennessee have been diagnosed with ...

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that can cause no symptoms or may cause symptoms similar to those of pneumonia. But what causes it and how is it treated? A histoplasmosis infection usually causes ...

A rare fungal disease has left one person dead and dozens sick as health officials race to contain the outbreak. At least 35 people in the neighboring Maury and Williamson Counties in Tennessee have ...

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 ...