Applied Microbiology: Open Access
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Hoang Thi Thu Ha

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• Short Communication
  Histoplasmosis in Pulmonary Infection Patients from Hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam
  Author(s): Hoang Thi Thu Ha, Hideaki Ohnoc, Nguyen Thuy Tram, Truong Nhat My, Pham Thanh Hai, Luong Minh Hoa, Nguyen Van Tien, Nguyen Thai Son, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki and Dang Duc Anh Hoang Thi Thu Ha, Hideaki Ohnoc, Nguyen Thuy Tram, Truong Nhat My, Pham Thanh Hai, Luong Minh Hoa, Nguyen Van Tien, Nguyen Thai Son, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki and Dang Duc Anh
  
  Histoplasmosis, a fungal infection acquired from soil contaminated with birth/bad or chicken droppings, caused by Histoplasma capsulatum (H. capsulatum), has a worldwide distribution, but is not well studied in Vietnam. While infections are usually asymptomatic, the symptoms of acute or epidemic histoplasmosis are high fever, cough, and asthenia. Immunocompromised patients are at highest risk groups of infection (e.g., persons with cancer, transplant recipients, persons with HIV infection). In this study histoplasmosis has been identified from patients with pulmonary infections using an indirect ELISA (HistoplasmaDxSelect™ kit-USA). Histoplasma capsulatum antibodies were detected in 18% (26/144) of patients. Among these, 57.7% (15/26) were HIV positive and 65.4% (17/26) were chronic pulmonary infections. Histoplasma could not be isolated from patient s.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2471-9315.1000139

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