Histoplasmosis in the Cape Province. A report of the second known outbreak.
Histoplasmosis is a rare disease in the Cape Province. The diagnosis of acute disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient who presented at Groote Schuur Hospital 3 weeks after a caving expedition, led to the identification of acute benign pulmonary histoplasmosis in 9 other people who had explored the same cave. Possible explanations for this outbreak are discussed.
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera; D005243:Feces; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D013019:South Africa