Pulmonary histoplasmosis

• Published in: Journal of chronic diseases Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 109,IN1,113 - 112,IN7,117
• Main Authors: Larkin, John C., Phillips, Samuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.02.1964
• Subjects: African Continental Ancestry Group; Amphotericin B; Complement Fixation Tests; Diagnosis, Differential; Histoplasmosis; Humans; Infant; Lung Diseases; Lung Diseases, Fungal; OldMedline; Pathology; Radiography, Thoracic; Rest; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Tennessee; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; HISTOPLASMOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; NEGROES; PATHOLOGY; TENNESSEE; THORACIC RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; REST; AMPHOTERICIN B; SURGERY, OPERATIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; INFANT

Thirty-five patients with proven histoplasmosis and 9 patients with presumptive histoplasmosis were treated between 1st January 1957 and 31st July 1962. Four patients had acute pulmonary histoplasmosis, 21 chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis, 2 generalized disseminated disease, 3 nodular lesions in the...