title: Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from tissues of bats captured in the Aguas Buenas Caves, Aguas Buenos, Puerto Rico.
abstract: Of 30 bats belonging to four species, only one species, Brachyplylla cavernarum, yielded positive for Histoplasma capsulatum. Bats were collected at the Aguas Buenas Caves in Puerto Rico. The other species are: Artibeus jamaicensis, Monophyllus redmani portoricensis, and Erophylla bibombifrons; these resulted negative for the fungus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D011647:Puerto Rico; D013045:Species Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology