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Histoplasmosis
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Microbiology

Mycology

Systemic fungal infections
Coccidioidomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Blastomycosis
Opportunistic fungal infections
Pneumocystis jirovecii (Pneumocystis pneumonia)
Candida
Mucormycosis
Aspergillus fumigatus
Sporothrix schenckii
Cryptococcus neoformans
Cutaneous fungal infections
Malassezia (Tinea versicolor and Seborrhoeic dermatitis)

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A 48-year-old man comes to a clinic complaining of fevers, chills, headaches, and cough over the past several weeks. A chest x-ray shows enlarged hilar lymph nodes with focal infiltrates bilaterally. A lymph node biopsy reveals macrophages filled with yeast cells that bud from a narrow base. To which of the following locations has this patient most likely traveled?  

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Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by a fungus known as Histoplasma capsulatum. The fungus can cause severe pneumonia, mucosal ulcers, and splenomegaly. Symptoms of histoplasmosis include fever, chest pain, shortness of breath, and coughing up blood.