Improvements incorporated into the second-generation Histoplasma antigen assay have increased its sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis of histoplasmosis. More recently, the antigen assay has ...

HISTOPLASMOSIS is a fungous disease that is almost world wide in distribution but is most frequently seen in an area of the United States roughly defined as the Mississippi Valley. Millions of ...

The authors said that it is crucial to raise awareness of this issue to reinforce personal preventive measures and establish timely diagnosis. Histoplasmosis is often misdiagnosed or diagnosed late.

Disseminated histoplasmosis is an unusual opportunistic infection in patients with advanced HIV infection living outside endemic areas. Diagnosis usually is made on the basis of isolation of ...

PCP causes general pneumonia symptoms. Histoplasmosis typically does not cause symptoms. Valley fever may cause flu-like symptoms that go away within weeks to months. Some people may develop a ...

Two New Yorkers died after using bat excrement to grow marijuana. The men, 64 and 59, paid the ultimate price for getting ...

The authors said that it is crucial to raise awareness of this issue to reinforce personal preventive measures and establish timely diagnosis. Histoplasmosis is often misdiagnosed or diagnosed late.