Histoplasmosis in patients living with HIV in Europe: review of literature [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyHistoplasma capsulatum (var. capsulatum Hcc and duboisii Hcd), is a dimorphic fungus that causes histoplasmosis. It usually affects people coming from endemic areas, causing a variety of clinical manifestations up to progressive disseminated ...
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Granulomatous Hepatitis Secondary to Histoplasma Infection after Treatment with Infliximab [PDF]
Case Reports in Hepatology, 2013 Classical presentation of Histoplasma infection includes fever and respiratory symptoms. Opportunistic microorganisms must be suspected on immunocompromised patients who develop bizarre symptoms.
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Surface Architecture of Histoplasma Capsulatum [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2011 The dimorphic fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum is the most frequent cause of clinically significant fungal pneumonia in humans. H. capsulatum virulence is achieved, in part, through diverse and dynamic alterations to the fungal cell surface ...
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Histoplasma capsulatum in Bat Species in Portugal. [PDF]
Vet SciHistoplasmosis, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, poses health risks to various mammals, including humans. Bats are primary wild carriers of Histoplasma capsulatum, playing a crucial role in its epidemiology.
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Histoplasma Virulence and Host Responses [PDF]
International Journal of Microbiology, 2012 Histoplasma capsulatum is the most prevalent cause of fungal respiratory disease. The disease extent and outcomes are the result of the complex interaction between the pathogen and a host's immune system. The focus of our paper consists in presenting the
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Histoplasma duboisii of the femoral bone
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2019 Histoplasmosis due to Histoplasma duboisii is an emerging AIDS-defining opportunistic infection in HIV positive seen predominantly on the African continent between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
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Disseminated histoplasmosis from western Mexico-rethinking our geographic distribution of endemic fungal species: a case report and review of literature. [PDF]
J Med Case RepBackground Histoplasma is a fungal pathogen found in many parts of the world. In North America, its distribution is traditionally thought to be endemic to the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. Development of histoplasmosis after Histoplasma exposure is
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Prevalence of Histoplasmosis among Persons with Advanced HIV Disease, Nigeria
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 We sought to determine the prevalence of probable disseminated histoplasmosis among advanced HIV disease (AHD) patients in Nigeria. We conducted a cross-sectional study in 10 sites across 5 of 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria. We identified patients with
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CR3 and Dectin-1 Collaborate in Macrophage Cytokine Response through Association on Lipid Rafts and Activation of Syk-JNK-AP-1 Pathway [PDF]
, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Huang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source ...
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Histoplasmosis masquerading as tuberculosis: A report of three cases in immunocompetent children
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2022 The most common cause of granulomatous lymphadenitis in countries like ours is mycobactrium tuberculosis followed by atypical mycobacterial infection, fungal infections, parasitic infection, cat scratch disease, lymphogranuloma venereum (inguinal ...
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