How to Use histoplasmosis in a Sentence

histoplasmosis

noun

• Leighton, 44, began losing his vision two years ago due to ocular histoplasmosis, a fungal infection that can spread to the eyes.
  — Jenna Watson, Indianapolis Star, 15 Oct. 2017
• Most histoplasmosis cases in humans have no symptoms or flu-like symptoms.
  — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 19 Mar. 2020
• Cohen put the property up for sale in 1978 when the property was linked to the nation’s largest outbreak of histoplasmosis, a flu-like respiratory disease.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2017
• The researchers found that 94% of U.S. states had at least one county with a significant number of histoplasmosis cases, and 69% had at least one county with a significant number of Valley fever cases.
  — Angela Yang, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2022
• Both diseases affect domestic birds, and histoplasmosis can be transferred to humans.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2022
• Tschannen died in an Illinois hospital that year of a fungal infection known as histoplasmosis, a condition that for most people causes only mild symptoms.
  — John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2020
• Coming into contact with their feces can also put people at risk of infectious diseases, including histoplasmosis and , reports Justin Rohrlich for .
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020
• The standard antifungal treatment for histoplasmosis, a drug called itraconazole, proved tricky to prescribe in Jerry’s case because his liver disease altered the drug’s metabolism.
  — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2010
• One family of scientists who peered inside a bat tree without masks, Goldberg said, came down with histoplasmosis, a severe, sometimes deadly respiratory disease also found in the U.S., and sometimes known as cave disease.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• That rare disease, histoplasmosis, can be contracted by inhaling the spores of a fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum, which can emanate from chicken droppings and become airborne.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• A resident shared a story of his sister diagnosed with histoplasmosis, a disease contracted when airborne spores of the fungus histoplasma capsulatum are inhaled into the lungs.
  — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 17 May 2017
• Vulture droppings can also carry a range of diseases such as histoplasmosis, salmonella, and encephalitis.
  — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 10 Jan. 2020
• Unclean coops can help spread diseases such as salmonella, histoplasmosis and campylobacter infection to humans.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Coming into contact with their feces can also put people at risk of infectious diseases, including histoplasmosis and Salmonella, reports Justin Rohrlich for Quartz.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020
• Most people recover without problem from histoplasmosis, even without treatment, but treatment is required for prolonged cases.
  — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 10 July 2018
• Bat droppings can enrich soil to fertilize a fungus (histoplasma capsulatum) that can causes histoplasmosis in humans.
  — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 19 Mar. 2020
• May 1997 - Is hospitalized for a fungal infection called histoplasmosis.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 May 2021
• Typically, different fungal infections are associated with specific regions: Valley fever is most common in the Southwest, for example, whereas histoplasmosis is mostly identified in central and eastern states.
  — Angela Yang, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024