Histoplasma capsulatum
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Histoplasma capsulatum is a species of dimorphic fungus. Its sexual form is called Ajellomyces capsulatus. It can cause pulmonary and disseminated histoplasmosis.
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Histoplasma capsulatum | |
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Histopathology of Histoplasma capsulatum, H&E stain, showing organisms surrounded by halos, in a granuloma of epithelioid histiocytes. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Onygenales |
Family: | Ajellomycetaceae |
Genus: | Histoplasma |
Species: | H. capsulatum |
Binomial name | |
Histoplasma capsulatum Darling (1906) | |
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Histoplasma capsulatum is "distributed worldwide, except in Antarctica, but most often associated with river valleys"[1] and occurs chiefly in the "Central and Eastern United States"[2] followed by "Central and South America, and other areas of the world".[2] It is most prevalent in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. It was discovered by Samuel Taylor Darling in 1906.