"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Histoplasma" by people in Profiles.
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Central Nervous System Histoplasmosis: A Retrospective Review of Clinical Characteristics, Treatments and Outcomes With Comparison to Disseminated Histoplasmosis Without Central Nervous System Involvement. Mycoses. 2025 May; 68(5):e70068.
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Urine antigen-negative disseminated histoplasmosis mimicking post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Jun 11; 13(6).
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Laryngeal histoplasmosis in a kidney transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2019 Aug; 21(4):e13102.
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Persistent fever in a pediatric renal transplant patient: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 05; 34(5):825-828.
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Detection of (1,3)-?-d-Glucan in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Histoplasma Meningitis. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 10; 56(10).
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Isolated conjunctival histoplasmosis in an elderly patient: a rare but important scenario. Can J Ophthalmol. 2019 02; 54(1):e15-e16.
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A 15-year-old boy with severe combined immunodeficiency, fungal infection, and weight gain. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2015 Sep-Oct; 36(5):407-11.
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C-type lectin receptors differentially induce th17 cells and vaccine immunity to the endemic mycosis of North America. J Immunol. 2014 Feb 01; 192(3):1107-1119.
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Snakeskin lesions in the colon. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Oct; 11(10):A32.
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Histoplasmosis: an asymptomatic to life-threatening infection. JAAPA. 2012 Dec; 25(12):18, 25-6.