Rocha-Silva Fabiana, Figueiredo Sônia M, Silveira Thamara T S, Assunção Claudia B, Campolina Sabrina S, Pena-Barbosa João P P, Rotondo Alexandre, Caligiorne Rachel B
Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte Hospital, Rua Domingos Vieira, 590, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Núcleo de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa do Hospital, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte Hospital, Rua Domingos Vieira, 590, Belo Horizonte 30150240, Minas Gerais, Brazil ; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2013 Dec 14;4:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.12.002. eCollection 2014 Apr.
In this study, we report four cases of Histoplasma capsulatum infection in eight biologists who made an expedition to determine the prevalence of this fungus in a cave localized in the northwest of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. This case report demonstrates the importance of evaluating the H. capsulatum presence in Brazilian caves before opening to public visitations.
在本研究中，我们报告了8名生物学家中4例荚膜组织胞浆菌感染病例，这些生物学家前往巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州西北部的一个洞穴考察，以确定该真菌的流行情况。本病例报告表明，在对巴西洞穴开放供公众参观之前，评估荚膜组织胞浆菌的存在情况非常重要。
