RT Book, Section
A1 Rose, Stacey R.
A1 Hamill, Richard J.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1193137395
T1 Histoplasmosis
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264687343
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193137395
RD 2024/09/20
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.