title: [Clustered cases of histoplasmosis due to Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum in Martinique: Case reports and environmental investigation].
abstract: Between the 24th of June and the 6th of July 2005, nine men came to Fort-de-France emergency department (Martinique, French West Indies) with more or less pronounced pulmonary symptoms associated in two cases with skin lesions. Three weeks before these nine men performed work in a deserted house. The diagnosis of histoplasmosis was based on pulmonary sample mycological analysis (direct examination and culture), molecular biology and serological tests. Interrogatory and environmental investigations on the presumed place of exposition to H. capsulatum var. capsulatum spores allowed confirming how and where contamination took place.
authors.affiliation: Service de parasitologie-mycologie, CHU de Martinique, CS 90632, 97261 Fort-de-France, Martinique.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minoza
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHU de Martinique, CS 90632, 97261 Fort-de-France, Martinique.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zecler
authors.affiliation: Service de parasitologie-mycologie, CHU de Martinique, CS 90632, 97261 Fort-de-France, Martinique.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miossec
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, CHU de Martinique, CS 90632, 97261 Fort-de-France, Martinique.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Quist
authors.affiliation: Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU de Martinique, CS 90632, 97261 Fort-de-France, Martinique.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pierre-François
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, CHU de Martinique, CS 90632, 97261 Fort-de-France, Martinique.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deligny
authors.affiliation: Service de parasitologie-mycologie, centre hospitalier de Cayenne, avenue des Flamboyants, BP 6006, 97306 Cayenne, Guyane française.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.affiliation: Service de parasitologie-mycologie, centre hospitalier de Cayenne, avenue des Flamboyants, BP 6006, 97306 Cayenne, Guyane française.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aznar
authors.affiliation: Service de parasitologie-mycologie, CHU de Martinique, CS 90632, 97261 Fort-de-France, Martinique. Electronic address: nicole.desbois972@gmail.com.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Desbois
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008395:Martinique / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Enquête environnementale; Environmental investigation; Histoplasmose; Histoplasmosis; Martinique (Antilles françaises); Martinique (French West Indies)