How to Use histoplasmosis in a Sentence
histoplasmosis
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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
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Most histoplasmosis cases in humans have no symptoms or flu-like symptoms.
—Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 19 Mar. 2020
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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
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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
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Both diseases affect domestic birds, and histoplasmosis can be transferred to humans.
—Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Vulture droppings can also carry a range of diseases such as histoplasmosis, salmonella, and encephalitis.
—Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 10 Jan. 2020
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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
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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
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Most people recover without problem from histoplasmosis, even without treatment, but treatment is required for prolonged cases.
—Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 10 July 2018
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Bat droppings can enrich soil to fertilize a fungus (histoplasma capsulatum) that can causes histoplasmosis in humans.
—Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 19 Mar. 2020
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May 1997 - Is hospitalized for a fungal infection called histoplasmosis.
—Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 May 2021
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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
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