Histoplasmosis outbreak in Tamboril cave—Minas Gerais state, Brazil()

In this study, we report four cases of Histoplasma capsulatum infection in eight biologists who made an expedition to determine the prevalence of this fungus in a cave localized in the northwest of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. This case report demonstrates the importance of evaluating the H. capsulat...

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Autores principales: Rocha-silva, Fabiana, Figueiredo, Sônia M., Silveira, Thamara T.S., Assunção, Claudia B., Campolina, Sabrina S., Pena-barbosa, João P.P., Rotondo, Alexandre, Caligiorne, Rachel B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.12.002
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Sumario:In this study, we report four cases of Histoplasma capsulatum infection in eight biologists who made an expedition to determine the prevalence of this fungus in a cave localized in the northwest of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. This case report demonstrates the importance of evaluating the H. capsulatum presence in Brazilian caves before opening to public visitations.

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