Histoplasmosis outbreak in Tamboril cave-Minas Gerais state, Brazil
Rocha-Silva, F.; Figueiredo, S.ôn.M.; Silveira, T.T.S.; Assunção, C.B.; Campolina, S.S.; Pena-Barbosa, J.ão.P.P.; Rotondo, A.; Caligiorne, R.B.
Medical Mycology Case Reports 4: 1-4
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 2211-7539 PMID: 24567897 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.12.002
Accession: 053568040
In this study, we report four cases of Histoplasma capsulatum infection in eight biologists who made an expedition to determine the prevalence of this fungus in a cave localized in the northwest of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. This case report demonstrates the importance of evaluating the H. capsulatum presence in Brazilian caves before opening to public visitations.