Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis Outbreak in A Documentary Film Crew Travelling from Guatemala to Australia

Histoplasma capsulatum is an endemic mycosis with a widespread distribution, although it is infrequently reported in travellers. In April 2018, five television crew members developed an acute febrile illness after filming a documentary about vampire bats in Guatemala. Patients developed symptoms aft...

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Autores principales: Muhi, Stephen, Crowe, Amy, Daffy, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717142
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4010025
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description Histoplasma capsulatum is an endemic mycosis with a widespread distribution, although it is infrequently reported in travellers. In April 2018, five television crew members developed an acute febrile illness after filming a documentary about vampire bats in Guatemala. Patients developed symptoms after travelling to Australia, where they presented for medical care.
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spelling pubmed-64737692019-04-29 Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis Outbreak in A Documentary Film Crew Travelling from Guatemala to Australia Muhi, Stephen Crowe, Amy Daffy, John Trop Med Infect Dis Case Report Histoplasma capsulatum is an endemic mycosis with a widespread distribution, although it is infrequently reported in travellers. In April 2018, five television crew members developed an acute febrile illness after filming a documentary about vampire bats in Guatemala. Patients developed symptoms after travelling to Australia, where they presented for medical care. MDPI 2019-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6473769/ /pubmed/30717142 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4010025 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717142
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4010025
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