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Histoplasmosis is caused by two varieties of Histoplasma capsulatum H capsulatum var capsulatum H capsulatum var duboisii H capsulatum var capsulatum causes pulmonary and disseminated infections in the eastern half of the United States and most of Latin America. *InfectiousDiseasesSection,VeteransAffairsAnnArborHealthcareSystem,2215FullerRoad,AnnArbor,MI48105.E-mailaddress:ckauff@umich.edu0891-5520/06/$-seefrontmatter.PublishedbyElsevierInc.doi:10.1016/j.idc. Systemic infection by Primary pathogen. Causative agent: . Histoplasmosis. . capsulatum. . Most common true pathogen. Typically dimorphic. H. . capsulatum. grows in soil and material contaminated with bat or bird droppings. (droppings from chickens, pigeons, blackbirds also support its growth) . Fellow. UTHSC. Outline. 2 Cases. Pathogenesis. Presentation. Diagnosis. Post-transplant. Treatment. Case 1. a 39-year-old Caucasian female with history of FSGS from chronic . vesicoureteral. reflux, s/p living donor kidney transplant in 6/2010 with immediate allograft function, who is on . be included on the EDL . ?. Lortholary. . et . al. , . Clin. Infect Dis 2013. Colombo . et . al. , . Medical. Mycology 2011. Queiroz. . Telles. . et . al. , . Lancet . Inf. Dis 2017. The story of . be included on the EDL . ?. Lortholary. . et . al. , . Clin. Infect Dis 2013. Colombo . et . al. , . Medical. Mycology 2011. Queiroz. . Telles. . et . al. , . Lancet . Inf. Dis 2017. The story of . 1. R. etno. . Wahyuningsih. 1. Department of Parasitology, Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine, Jakarta,. 5. Department . of Parasitology, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, School of Medicine, Jakarta, . Ge moeinfomaionabou hsolamoisfrom EyeSmart-provided by the Amerian Academy ofOphthalmology-at aao.or/histoplasmosis-link.thepoceue you ophhamologs will clen you eetopeen inecion The will nmb you eewit htps : ts  tsgp1sp0s 8071s 04 : ts s3 2s601sp015 3&# /2018 1 Histoplasmosis ( Histoplasma capsulatum) 2018 Surveillance Case Definition CSTE Position Statement: 16 - ID - 02 Background and Clinical Description Histoplasmosis, caused by the fungus AbstractHistoplasma capsulatum Considering all the ndings, the patient was diagnosed with pulmonary histoplasmosis. Itraconazole treatment (rst 3 days 3×200 mg/day, 3 months 2×200 mg/day, SummaryInfection with Histoplasmacapsulatum: Host-fungus interfaceRuth Allendoerfer and George S. Deepe Jr.Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH Weinberg M, Weeks J, Lance-Parker S, Traeger M, Wiersma S, Phan QN, et al. Severe Histoplasmosis in Travelers to Nicaragua. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003;9(10):1322-1325. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0910.030049. Histoplasmosis. Organism: . Histoplasma. . capsulatum. . Most common fungal infection involving adrenal glands. More prevalent in immunocompromised patients. AIDS. Transplant recipients. Hematologic malignancies. Brown EM, McTaggart LR, Dunn D, Pszczolko E, Tsui K, Morris SK, et al. Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Blastomycosis, Histoplasmosis, and Coccidioidomycosis, Ontario, Canada, 1990–2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018;24(7):1257-1266. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2407.172063.