"Histoplasma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mitosporic Onygenales fungal genus causing HISTOPLASMOSIS in humans and animals. Its single species is Histoplasma capsulatum which has two varieties: H. capsulatum var. capsulatum and H. capsulatum var. duboisii. Its teleomorph is AJELLOMYCES capsulatus.
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D006658
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.381.440
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Histoplasma" by people in Profiles.
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Pulmonary histoplasmosis diagnosed in a Japanese woman after traveling to central and South America: A case report. J Infect Chemother. 2021 Nov; 27(11):1658-1661.
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COVID-19 associated with AIDS-related disseminated histoplasmosis: a case report. Int J STD AIDS. 2020 10; 31(12):1222-1224.
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Can urinary histoplasma antigen test improve the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in a tuberculosis endemic region? Mycoses. 2019 Jun; 62(6):502-507.
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69-Year-Old Woman With Fevers, Diarrhea, and Abdominal Pain. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 05; 94(5):e61-e66.
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Acute histoplasmosis in immunocompetent travelers: a systematic review of literature. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Dec 18; 18(1):673.
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Diagnostic accuracy cohort study and clinical value of the Histoplasma urine antigen (ALPHA Histoplasma EIA) for disseminated histoplasmosis among HIV infected patients: A multicenter study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 11; 12(11):e0006872.
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Histoplamosis in an immunocompetent man returning from Brazil: A diagnostic challenge helped by 18 FDG PET CT. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019 Jan - Feb; 27:136-138.
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A matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry reference database for the identification of Histoplasma capsulatum. Med Mycol. 2018 Apr 01; 56(3):307-314.
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Histoplasma Urinary Antigen Testing Obviates the Need for Coincident Serum Antigen Testing. Am J Clin Pathol. 2018 Mar 07; 149(4):362-368.
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Multistate Epidemiology of Histoplasmosis, United States, 2011-2014 Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 03; 24(3):425-431.