Difference between revisions of "Fungi"

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*Specific organism: ''Histoplasma capulatum''.
*Specific organism: ''Histoplasma capulatum''.
*Typical location: [[lung]].
*Typical location: [[lung]].
*Common in immunosuppressed individuals, e.g. [[HIV]]/AIDS population.
**Extrapulmonary ''or'' disseminated histoplasmosis is considered to be ''AIDS-defining''.<ref name=pmid19052530>{{cite journal |author=Schneider E, Whitmore S, Glynn KM, Dominguez K, Mitsch A, McKenna MT |title=Revised surveillance case definitions for HIV infection among adults, adolescents, and children aged <18 months and for HIV infection and AIDS among children aged 18 months to <13 years--United States, 2008 |journal=MMWR Recomm Rep |volume=57 |issue=RR-10 |pages=1–12 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19052530 |doi= |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5710a1.htm}}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===