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Passive Administration of Monoclonal Antibodies Against H. capsulatum and Others Fungal Pathogens
Published on: February 14, 2011
Histoplasmosis: twenty years experience in a general hospital
Abstract:
This report summarizes the clinical and laboratory data on 57 patients with histoplasmosis, including 13 with progressive disseminated disease. The experience in general is supportive of that of others in that although infection with Histoplasma capsulatum is prevalent, clinical disease is uncommon and disseminated disease actually rare. The data again emphasize the limitations of diagnostic methods, and in particular point up the need to obtain cultures of biopsy material from mucocutaneous lesions.
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