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Disseminated histoplasmosis in a cat rescued in Fortaleza, Brazil, and successfully treated with itraconazole – First case report identified molecularly

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020
An unneutered female cat of unknown age presented bloody lesions on the edematous face, and respiratory signs. Cytology and culture from the skin sample collected with fine-needle aspiration showed yeasts inside activated macrophages, and fungal growth ...
Liliane Lima da Silva Lomônaco, Stefanie Bressan Waller, Marlete Brum Cleff, Angelita dos Reis Gomes, Barbara Wilka Leal Silva, Rosane de Oliveira Cruz, Talles Monte de Almeida, Amanda Leal de Vasconcellos, Wesley Lyeverton Correia Ribeiro, Renata Osório de Faria, Mário Carlos Araújo Meireles, Adriana de Queiroz Pinheiro, Paula Priscila Correia Costa   +12 more
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Genome Sequences Reveal Cryptic Speciation in the Human Pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum

mBio, 2017
Histoplasma capsulatum is a pathogenic fungus that causes life-threatening lung infections. About 500,000 people are exposed to H. capsulatum each year in the United States, and over 60% of the U.S. population has been exposed to the fungus at some point
Victoria E. Sepúlveda, Roberto Márquez, David A. Turissini, William E. Goldman, Daniel R. Matute   +4 more
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Bilateral infectious scleritis from Histoplasma capsulatum in an immunosuppressed uveitis patient

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2021
Purpose: To describe a case of bilateral infectious scleritis secondary to Histoplasma capsulatum in the setting of a locally and systemically immunosuppressed patient.
Kevin Wang, Jordan D. Deaner, Austen Knapp, Kimberly Baynes, Sunil K. Srivastava   +4 more
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A medium for inducing conversion of Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum into its yeast-like form

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus that, under special conditions, converts from its more common mycelial form to a yeast-like form. Achieving this conversion, however, has been problematical for researchers.
R. Fressatti, V. L. Dias-Siqueira, T. I. E. Svidzinski, F. Herrero, C. Kemmelmeier   +4 more
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Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis of immunocompetent subjects from Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana: a case series

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Introduction Histoplasmosis is a fungal disease caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum is found in Martinique. Cluster cases following working in deserted house, have been described in Martinique. Cases of acute pulmonary
Moustapha Agossou, Jean-Marie Turmel, Aude Aline-Fardin, Nicolas Venissac, Nicole Desbois-Nogard   +4 more
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Histoplasmose disseminada aguda em indivíduo imunocompetente Acute disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2004
A histoplasmose é uma doença fúngica causada pela inalação de esporos de Histoplasma capsulatum. A maioria dos indivíduos normais não apresenta doença após pequena inalação, porém exposições mais prolongadas podem levar ao desenvolvimento de infecção ...
Simone Castelo Branco Fortaleza, Silvia Karine de Albuquerque Lopes, Tereza de Jesus Bandeira, Teresa Neuma Albuquerque Gomes Nogueira, Marcelo Alcântara Holanda   +4 more
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A case of Histoplasma capsulatum variety capsulatum septic arthritis successfully treated with surgery, systemic antifungals, and local amphotericin cement beads

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Histoplasma capsulatum variety capsulatum (H. capsulatum) is a thermally dimorphic fungus that is endemic to the Mississippi River and Ohio River valley regions.
Jocelyn Compton, Wyatt Vander Voort, Michael Willey, Poorani Sekar   +3 more
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Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour of the kidney mimicking renal carcinoma [PDF]

, 2009
A 56-year-old female, originally from Suriname, with an otherwise unremarkable previous medical history was found to have a renal mass highly suspicious for renal cancer for which a nephrectomy was performed. Within the kidney, a tumourous mass was found
Bakker, M.A. (Michael) den, Goemaere, N.N.T. (Natascha), Nouwen, J.L. (Jan), Severin, J.A. (Juliëtte), Verhagen, P.C.M.S. (Paul)   +4 more
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Sexual Reproduction in Histoplasma Capsulatum [PDF]

Mycologia, 1967
Growth of fungi on plates of soil and hair has been found to stimulate many dermatophytes and related fungi to reproduce sexually (5, 8). In our laboratory such studies have led to the discovery of the ascigerous state of: Microsporum cookei Ajello (1)-Nannizzia cajetani Ajello (2); M. vanbreuseghemii Georg, Ajello, Friedman & Brinkman-N. grubyia Georg,
L, Ajello, S L, Cheng
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Achievement of long-term remission of disseminated histoplasmosis in an AIDS patient

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020
Histoplasmosis, a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, is poor prognosis once it disseminated, especially in immunocompromised patients.
Akihide Nakamura, Isao Tawara, Kazuko Ino, Takeshi Matsumoto, Akinobu Hayashi, Hiroshi Imai, Yasunori Muraosa, Katsuhiko Kamei, Naoyuki Katayama   +8 more
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