Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis and first isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Abstract
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 rural area of General Câmara, by the first time in Rio Grande do Sul.Downloads
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1986-02-01
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Severo, L. C., Petrillo, V. F., Camargo, J. J., Geyer, G. R., & Porto, N. S. (1986). Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis and first isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 28(1), 51-55. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/87462