Tennessee families share histoplasmosis battle stories as outbreak reaches 30+ cases. Thompson's Station teen recovers after ...

A Spring Hill woman died just days after Tennessee health officials warned doctors to be on higher alert for a rare but ...

SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) — A rise in histoplasmosis cases has been reported in three areas of Middle Tennessee. According to ...

Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum. It is a disease that primarily affects the lungs, but other organs may be involved as well. It usually causes a mild ...

Histoplasmosis is an infectious condition caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. It is caused when the spores of the fungus are inhaled into the lungs. The lungs are the primary infection site.

WILLIAMSON CO., Tenn. (WTVF) — A 19-year-old college athlete from Williamson County nearly died from histoplasmosis after doctors initially misdiagnosed her condition for two months. Cami Carpenter ...

Histoplasma capsulatum is endemic to southwestern Ontario and may cause disseminated infection, even in an immunocompetent host. When assessing a patient with primary adrenal insufficiency, providers ...

VARIOUS measures of immunity in histoplasmosis, both laboratory and clinical, are available. The laboratory tests used are skin tests and circulating antibodies. The clinical measures of immunity are ...

Background A 56-year-old female with a 30-year history of ileocolic Crohn's disease presented with a 1-month history of bloody diarrhea and decreased caliber of stools; physical examination revealed a ...

HISTOPLASMOSIS, a generalized fungous disease that begins in the lungs, 1 is world-wide in distribution, but the main endemic area comprises the Mississippi valley of the United States. 2 It is the ...

Treatment for Histoplasmosis is basically by antifungal medication. Mild infection and chronic low-grade illness can be treated with oral medication, but progressive disease or severe disease needs ...

Histoplasmosis is an infectious condition caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. It is caused when the spores of the fungus are inhaled into the lungs. Histoplasma capsulatum lives in river ...