Histoplasmosis capsulati in Italy: autochthonous or imported?
Reports of a few apparently autochthonous cases of human histoplasmosis and results of epidemiological research suggested the autochthonous presence of the disease in Italy. Identifying two new histologically documented cases of Italian patients, who had never been abroad, and, the positive results of a histoplasmin reactivity survey carried out in the Province of Cremona, Italy confirmed this possibility.
Confalonieri
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Divisione di Pneumologia, Ospedale Maggiore di Crema, Italy.
Nanetti
A
A
Gandola
L
L
Colavecchio
A
A
Aiolfi
S
S
Cannatelli
G
G
Parigi
P
P
Scartabellati
A
A
Della Porta
R
R
Mazzoni
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006659:Histoplasmin; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012882:Skin Tests; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014195:Travel
D006659:Histoplasmin