Timely Diagnosis of Histoplasmosis in Non-endemic Countries: A Laboratory Challenge

Timely Diagnosis of Histoplasmosis in Non-endemic Countries: A Laboratory Challenge

Human histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by the inhalation of microconidia of the thermally dimorphic fungi Histoplasma capsulatum. Autochthonous cases of histoplasmosis have been diagnosed in almost every country, but it is considered an endemic infection in specific areas of the world. Ma...

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Main Authors: María José Buitrago, M. Teresa Martín-Gómez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
histoplasmosis
laboratory
diagnosis
non-endemic areas
PCR
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00467/full

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