Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis and first isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

A case of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis, where the clinical histoiy and epidemiological data led to the identification of H. capsulatum natural source, is described. Specimens of spleen and liver, obtained after intraperitonial inoculation in mice, grew H. capsulatum in culture from the soil of rur...

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Main Authors: L. C. Severo, V. F. Petrillo, J. J. Camargo, G. R. Geyer, N. S. Porto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1986-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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