Millions of persons become infected with the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, but comparatively few show signs of the disease. The organism causing the disease is H. capsulatum, which forms small ...

They tested positive for Histoplasma capsulatum, a fungus that causes histoplasmosis, or an infection of the lungs, doctors said. The 59-year-old had a history of emphysema, a condition that ...

But, bat guano can also contain harmful spores from the Histoplasma capsulatum fungus that is found in bat faeces and can cause a lung infection called histoplasmosis. One of the men, aged 59 ...

ENDOCARDITIS due to fungi is a rare disease and one in which little success has been achieved in therapy. Seventeen cases of endocarditis due to Histoplasma ...