Histoplasmosis

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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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Summary

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.

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