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    Histoplasma capsulatum is a species of dimorphic fungus. Its sexual form is called Ajellomyces capsulatus. It can cause pulmonary and disseminated histoplasmosis...
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    copy as title (link) Hutton, JP (April 1985). "Hyphal forms of Histoplasma capsulatum. A common manifestation of intravascular infections". Archives of...
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    Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. Symptoms of this infection vary greatly, but the disease affects primarily the lungs...
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  • close relative of Histoplasma capsulatum, the agent of classical histoplasmosis, and the two occur in similar habitats. Histoplasma duboisii is restricted...
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    Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Candida albicans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Sporothrix schenckii, and Emmonsia sp. Some diseases caused by...
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    infection as well as nervous system infections, like meningitis. Histoplasma capsulatum is a species of fungus known to cause histoplasmosis, which can...
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  • repair of C. neoformans DNA in response to macrophage challenge. Histoplasma capsulatum can cause histoplasmosis in humans, dogs and cats. The fungus is...
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    immunodeficiency. Despite its name, the "presumed" relationship of POHS to Histoplasma capsulatum is controversial and has been questioned by a number of medical...
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  • Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis is an infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, and most people who develop this severe form of histoplasmosis...
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    tuberculosis, leprosy, and M. avium complex Mycoplasma pneumoniae Histoplasma capsulatum Yersinia Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), caused by the bacteria...
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  • of histoplasmosis. This species is more usually referred to as Histoplasma capsulatum, with the designation Ajellomyces capsulatus referring to the ascomycetous...
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    percursus. Along with two other important human-pathogenic fungi, Histoplasma capsulatum, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Polytolypa hystricis, species...
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    Haemophilus species. Less frequent pathogens are Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis, cytomegalovirus (CMV), and Toxoplasma gondii...
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    cytomegalovirus and varicella zoster) Cryptococcus neoformans Histoplasma capsulatum The diagnosis of T cell deficiency can be ascertained in those individuals...
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    disease are Chlamydophila psittaci (which causes psittacosis), Histoplasma capsulatum (which causes histoplasmosis) and Cryptococcus neoformans, which...
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  • African histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii, or Histoplama duboisii (Hcd).: 316  Disease has been most...
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    fungi which can cause meningitis include: Coccidioides immitis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Candida species. A parasitic worm...
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  • nucleatum and Bacteroides fragilis; fungi like Aspergillus sp. and Histoplasma capsulatum; viruses like Influenza and Adenovirus. Apart from Streptococcus...
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    g. Aspergillus, Candida, Cryptococcus, Mucorales, Coccidioides, Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Bipolaris, Exophiala dermatitidis, Curvularia...
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    cutaneous coccidioidomycosis. Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis Histoplasma capsulatum Histoplasmosis Primary cutaneous histoplasmosis Primary pulmonary...
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    habitats of the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, which can cause the disease histoplasmosis in humans, cats, and dogs. H. capsulatum grows best in the nitrogen-rich...
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    Primary pulmonary histoplasmosis is caused by inhalation of Histoplasma capsulatum spores, and approximately 10% of people with this acute infection develop...
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    IL-1α, CCL3, GM-CSF, G-CSF and IL-6) and the development of Th17. Histoplasma capsulatum can evade recognition of β-glucan via CLEC7A on phagocytic cells...
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  • glabrata) Histoplasma spp. Histoplasma capsulatum Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum...
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    cutaneous coccidioidomycosis. Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis Histoplasma capsulatum Histoplasmosis Primary cutaneous histoplasmosis Primary pulmonary...
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  • tuberculosis (within the macrophages) Fungal examples include: Histoplasma capsulatum. Cryptococcus neoformans Blastomyces dermatitidis Obligate intracellular...
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    immunosuppressive drugs, or other medical problems. It is most often caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces, Cryptococcus neoformans, Pneumocystis jiroveci (pneumocystis...
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    is 46.6–50%. Other fungi demonstrated to cause endocarditis are Histoplasma capsulatum and Aspergillus. Aspergillus contributes to roughly 25% of FE cases...
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  • A potentially serious condition (caused by the fungal infection Histoplasma capsulatum), it makes breathing very difficult. "It was something called histoplasmosis...
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    aflatoxin, which damages the liver and is highly carcinogenic. Histoplasma capsulatum causes histoplasmosis, which affects immunocompromised patients...
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