Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis and first isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

A case of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis, where the clinical histoiy and epidemiological data led to the identification of H. capsulatum natural source, is described. Specimens of spleen and liver, obtained after intraperitonial inoculation in mice, grew H. capsulatum in culture from the soil of rur...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: L. C. Severo, V. F. Petrillo, J. J. Camargo, G. R. Geyer, N. S. Porto
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1986
Subjects:
Human Histoplasmosis
LUNG
Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651986000100009
https://doaj.org/article/bb7da009f82040cbbbaf92b5b3b805a9
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Summary:A case of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis, where the clinical histoiy and epidemiological data led to the identification of H. capsulatum natural source, is described. Specimens of spleen and liver, obtained after intraperitonial inoculation in mice, grew H. capsulatum in culture from the soil of rural area of General Câmara, by the first time in Rio Grande do Sul.

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