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Histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis

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Histoplasmosis

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Full title

Histoplasmosis

Publisher

Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Journal title

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009-03, Vol.42 (2), p.192

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Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

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Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. It is classically considered an endemic mycosis, even though the fungus has an opportunistic behavior in immunocompromised patients. People acquired the infection through the inhalation of conidial forms present in the environmental, such as caves dwelling b...

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Histoplasmosis

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1449157002

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1449157002

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ISSN

0037-8682

E-ISSN

1678-9849

DOI

10.1590/S0037-86822009000200020

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