TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Histoplasmosis A1 - Rose, Stacey R. A1 - Hamill, Richard J. A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2022 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022 AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISExposure to bird and bat droppings; common along river valleys (especially the Ohio River and the Mississippi River valleys).Most patients asymptomatic; respiratory illness most frequent clinical problem.Disseminated disease common in AIDS or other immunosuppressed states; poor prognosis.Blood and bone marrow cultures and urine polysaccharide antigen are useful in diagnosis of disseminated disease. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184175002 ER -