HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM FROM THE LIVER OF A BAT IN COLOMBIA.
Of 135 bats (eight species), one of the species Glossophaga sorcina sorcina, a nectar-feeding bat from Girardot, Colombia, harbored Histoplasma capsulatum. The microorganism was cultured from the liver. This is the second report of recovery of this fungus from bat tissue.
D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera; D003105:Colombia; D004813:Epidemiology; D006658:Histoplasma; D006660:Histoplasmosis; D008107:Liver Diseases; D015047:Zoonoses
CHIROPTERA; COLOMBIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; ZOONOSES