Of the roughly 150,000 recognized fungal species, and perhaps the several million not yet identified, few cause disease in humans, 1 fewer do so in persons not overtly immunosuppressed, and only a ...

Blastomycosis and histoplasmosis are both fungal infections that a person can acquire by breathing in spores from the air. However, the two conditions have different treatment pathways. The fungus ...

Histoplasmosis is a respiratory infection caused by the Histoplasma capsulatum fungus. After assessing medical and travel history and symptoms, then performing a physical examination, a doctor can ...