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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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VII. Histoplasmosis

Case 49. Histoplasmosis / Purulent folliculitis

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Fig. 49-A4

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Fig. 49-A4
Fig. 49-A4: Histoplasmosis

In addition to the images of the human we show here a slide from the intestinal mucosa of a bat, which was caught in a cave of the Venezuelan Andes. In this region histoplasmosis is endemic. The habitat of H. caps. var. capsulatum are caves and chicken coops. They reach these places through the bats. In our slide the fungus cells are clearly seen in the submucosa of the bat intestine with the Grocott stain.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela