HISTOPLASMOSIS, WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF A CASE, PROVED BY CULTURE, WITH INVOLVEMENT OF THE UPPER LOBE OF EACH LUNG SIMULATING ACTIVE BILATERAL APICAL PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Authors: J MONROE, J M KURUNG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 February 1953HISTOPLASMOSIS, WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF A CASE, PROVED BY CULTURE, WITH INVOLVEMENT OF THE UPPER LOBE OF EACH LUNG SIMULATING ACTIVE BILATERAL APICAL PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISJAMES MONROE, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH M. KURUNGJAMES MONROE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH M. KURUNGSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-2-206 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFollowing Darling's original description of histoplasmosis in 19061 from Panama and his subsequent communications regarding the same subject in 19082 and 1909,3 this disease was considered to be an extremely rare fatal tropical illness. 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MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ray Brook, N. Y.*Received for publication March 22, 1952.From the Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital, Ray Brook, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byXIV Mycotic Disease of the LarynxAcute Disseminated Histoplasmosis of Pulmonary Origin Probably Contracted in BritainChronic active pulmonary histoplasmosis with cavitationHistoplasmosis: Some Clinical, Epidemiological and Laboratory AspectsMycologyHistoplasmosis in a Life-Long Resident of New England 1 February 1953Volume 38, Issue 2Page: 206-223KeywordsHistoplasmosisLungsProtozoansTropical diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...