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Histoplasma capsulatum
Epidemiology:
1) chicken coops
2) caves
3) hyperendemic in Indianapolis
Pathology:
- etiologic agent of histoplasmosis
Laboratory:
- Histoplasma capsulatum serology
- Histoplasma capsulatum antigen in tissue/body fluid
- Histoplasma capsulatum DNA
- Histoplasma capsulatum rRNA
Related
histoplasmosis (Ohio Valley fever)
histoplasmosis skin testing
General
Histoplasma
Properties
KINGDOM: plant
DIVISION: EUMYCOPHYTA
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998