[Histoplasma capsulatum: isolation from bats in Cuba]

A mycologic-serologic study of 169 bats of species Artibeus jamaicensis parvipos, Brachyphyllanana, Eptesicus fuscus dutertreus, Tadarida brasiliensis muscula and Mormoops blainvillei which were catched in a cave of Havana province is presented. Histoplasma capsulatum were isolated from the lungs, liver and spleen, in four out of the five species studied. All species were serologically negative.