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Histoplasma tympanomastoiditis: Case report and literature review [PDF]

, 2023
Histoplasma is a dimorphic fungus capable of producing a diverse array of clinical pathology in humans dependent upon the host immune status. Acute symptomatic infection typically presents as an isolated pulmonary or nodal disease in immunocompetent ...
Park, Terrence, Terrence Park, Burke, Victoria, Victoria Burke, Love, Gordon, Gordon Love   +5 more
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Cryptococcal and Histoplasma Antigen Screening Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Ghana and Comparative Analysis of OIDx Histoplasma Lateral Flow Assay and IMMY Histoplasma Enzyme Immunoassay

, 2022
BACKGROUND: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) and disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) are common in people with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) and diagnosed by detecting cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) and Histoplasma antigen (HistoAg), respectively.
Otoo, Benjamin, Amankwa, Emmanuella A., Opintan, Japheth A, Ocansey, Bright K, Opoku-Asare, Bismark, Kotey, Fleischer C N, Ganu, Vincent, Berko, Kofi P, Agyei, Martin, George, Lawrence, Amankwa, Emmanuella A, Denning, David W, Berko, Kofi P., Kotey, Fleischer C.N., Opintan, Japheth A., Oladele, Oluwakemi, Kosmidis, Chris, Puplampu, Peter, Kosmidis, Chris; id_orcid, Denning, David W.; id_orcid, Ocansey, Bright K., Asamoah, Isabella   +21 more
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Diagnosis of Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis in Advanced HIV: A Meta-Analysis of Assay Analytical Performance

Journal of Fungi, 2019
Histoplasmosis is an important cause of mortality in people with advanced HIV, especially in countries with limited access to diagnostic assays. Histoplasmosis can be diagnosed using culture, histopathology, and antibody, antigen, and molecular assays ...
Diego H. Caceres, Martha Knuth, Gordana Derado, Mark D. Lindsley   +3 more
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The Eng1 β-Glucanase Enhances Histoplasma Virulence by Reducing β-Glucan Exposure

mBio, 2016
The fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum parasitizes host phagocytes. To avoid antimicrobial immune responses, Histoplasma yeasts must minimize their detection by host receptors while simultaneously interacting with the phagocyte.
Andrew L. Garfoot, Qian Shen, Marcel Wüthrich, Bruce S. Klein, Chad A. Rappleye   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness evaluation of routine histoplasmosis screening among people living with advanced HIV disease in Latin America and the Caribbean.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2023
Histoplasma antigen can be detected in people with advanced HIV disease (AHD), allowing for early and accurate diagnosis of histoplasmosis. The aim of this analysis was to assess the cost-effectiveness of routine histoplasmosis screening using antigen ...
Radha Rajasingham, Narda Medina, Gabriel T Mousquer, Diego H Caceres, Alexander Jordan, Mathieu Nacher, Diego R Falci, Ayanna Sebro, Alessandro C Pasqualotto, Omar Sued, Tom Chiller, Freddy Perez   +11 more
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Histoplasmosis diseminada progresiva aguda en un paciente inmunocompetente

Medicentro, 2021
La histoplasmosis diseminada progresiva constituye una expresión singular y rara de la infección por Histoplasma capsulatum. Sus formas agudas de presentación suelen aparecer en pacientes con deficiencias inmunitarias graves (fundamentalmente VIH).
Nabil Ghaddar Fuentes, Ana Alicia Vila Toledo, Halbert Hernández Negrín   +2 more
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Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of a Human Fungal Pathogen Reveals Synteny among Geographically Distinct Species

mBio, 2022
Histoplasma capsulatum, a dimorphic fungal pathogen, is the most common cause of fungal respiratory infections in immunocompetent hosts. Histoplasma is endemic in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys in the United States and is also distributed ...
Mark Voorhies, Shirli Cohen, Terrance P. Shea, Semar Petrus, José F. Muñoz, Shane Poplawski, William E. Goldman, Todd P. Michael, Christina A. Cuomo, Anita Sil, Sinem Beyhan   +10 more
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High prevalence and mortality due to Histoplasma capsulatum in the Brazilian Amazon: An autopsy study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundHistoplasmosis is acquired by inhalation of spores of the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma spp. Although this pathogen is distributed worldwide, it is more prevalent in the Americas.
Natalia Rakislova, Juan Carlos Hurtado, Antonio E M Palhares, Luiz Ferreira, Monique Freire, Marcus Lacerda, Wuelton Monteiro, Mireia Navarro, Isaac Casas, Marcus de Melo Teixeira, Paola Castillo, Maria Teresa Rodrigo-Calvo, Lorena Marimon, José Guerrero, Rosauro Varo, Vima Delgado, Llorenç Quintó, Francesc Marco, Emilio Letang, Jordi Vila, Quique Bassat, Clara Menéndez, Jaume Ordi, Miguel J Martínez   +23 more
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Misdiagnosis and Coinfection of Localized Pulmonary Histoplasmosis with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review of Published Cases

Journal of Fungi
Pulmonary histoplasmosis is often misdiagnosed as or coinfected with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). This study aims to analyze the misdiagnosis or co-occurrence of published cases of pulmonary TB and pulmonary histoplasmosis.
Sem Samuel Surja, Donnatella Valentina, Anita Devi Krishnan Thantry, Jonathan Christianto Subagya, Edho Yuwono, Darmadi Darmadi, Nisa Fauziah, Robiatul Adawiyah, Retno Wahyuningsih   +8 more
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Histoplasma Raw Data

, 2017
Histoplasma Raw ...
Willam E. Goldman (5010203), Márquez, Roberto, Matute, Daniel R., Turissini, David A., David A. Turissini (155034), Roberto Márquez (5010209), Goldman, Willam E., Victoria E. Sepúlveda (5010206), Daniel R. Matute (136631), Sepúlveda, Victoria E.   +9 more
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