Severe Histoplasmosis in Travelers to Nicaragua
Michelle Weinberg*
, Julia Weeks†, Susan Lance-Parker‡, Marc Traeger*§, Steven Wiersma§, Quyen N. Phan¶, David Dennison#, Pia MacDonald***, Mark Lindsley*, Jeannette Guarner*, Patricia Connolly††, Martin S. Cetron*, and Rana Hajjeh*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Archbold Urgent Care Center, Thomasville, Georgia, USA; ‡Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; ¶Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; #Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, Highlands, North Carolina, USA; **North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; ††Indiana University School of Medicine and Histoplasmosis Reference Laboratory, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Figure. Chest radiograph of patient who acquired acute pulmonary histoplasmosis after visiting a cave in Nicaragua.
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