Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis is a pulmonary disease and hematogenous, which is caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. They often becomes chronic and is usually followed by an asymptomatic primary infection. The symptoms are those of pneumonia or nonspecific chronic disease. The diagnosis made by detection of the pathogen in sputum or tissue, or the use of a specific serum and urine antigen. The therapy, if necessary, is carried out with amphotericin B or an…
