Cinthya Karina Mejía-Escobar

Disseminated Histoplasmosis in Pediatric Patients

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, highly endemic in Central and South America, the United States, and Africa. The fungus exists as a mold in the environment and as yeast in human tissue, proliferating in soils contaminated by bird and bat excrement in environments like caves,...