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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Histoplasmosis
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Treatment, Medications, Outcome, Complications, Prognosis, References,
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Topics Discussed: histoplasmosis.
Excerpt: | |  Infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, a dimorphic fungus isolated from soil contaminated with bird or bat droppings in endemic areas
Most patients asymptomatic; if symptomatic, respiratory illness most common Widespread disease especially common in AIDS or other immunosuppressed states, with poor prognosis Biopsy of affected organs with culture or urinary polysaccharide antigen most useful in disseminated disease |
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