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Volume 32, Number 1—January 2026

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Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Taiwan, 1997–2024

Ting-Wei Kao, Shang-Chen Yang, Hsiang-Wei Hu, Yu-Tsung Huang, Chin-Chung ShuComments to Author , and Wang-Huei Sheng
Author affiliation: National Taiwan University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (T.-W. Kao, S.-C. Yang, C-.C. Shu, W.-H. Sheng); National Taiwan University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Taipei (H.-W. Hu); National Taiwan University Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei (Y.-T. Huang); Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei (C.-C. Shu); National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Department of Internal Medicine, Hsinchu, Taiwan (W.-H. Sheng)

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Table 2

Key parameters in study of pulmonary histoplasmosis by host immunity status, Taiwan, 1997–2024*

Characteristic All, N = 14 Immunocompetent, n = 10 Immunocompromised, n = 4 p value
Mean age, y, + SD
 56.6 + 21.8
 49.8 + 21.2
 73.8 ± 12.7
 0.07
Sex
M 8 (57.1) 6 (60.0) 2 (50.0) 1.00
F
 6 (42.9)
 4 (40.0)
 2 (50.0)
Any cardinal symptoms
 9 (64.3)
 5 (50.0)
 4 (100.0)
 0.22
Tuberculosis 2 (14.3) 1 (10.0) 1 (25.0) 0.49
HIV
 0
 0
 0
 NA
Travel history
 3 (21.4)
 2 (20.0)
 1 (25.0)
 1.00
Immunosuppression
 4 (28.6)
ANC + SD
 4.1 + 2.1
 4.2 + 1.7
 3.9 + 3.4
 1.00
CRP + SD
 4.2 + 3.8
 3.1 + 4.0
 5.2 + 4.2
 0.40
In-hospital death 1 (7.1) 0 1 (25.0) 0.29
Complication 2 (14.3) 1 (10.0) 1 (25.0) 0.51

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. ANC, absolute neutrophil count; CRP, C-reactive protein; NA, not applicable.

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