
Search Advanced Search Site Map About MEDLINEplus Home

Health Topics: conditions, diseases and wellness

Dictionaries: spellings and definitions of medical terms

Directories: doctors, dentists and hospitals

Other Resources: organizations, libraries, publications, MEDLINE

Medical Encyclopedia

Disease

Injury

Nutrition

Poison

Special

Surgery

Symptoms

Tests

Fungus

Coccidioidomycosis - chest X-ray

Breathing histoplasma spores

Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention

Histoplasmosis; chronic pulmonary

Symptoms:

Fever
Chills
Cough that brings up mucus or pus
Possible joint stiffness
Shortness of breath
Arthritis
Skin involvement (erythema nodosum)
Pericarditis
Visual problems (chorioretinitis)

Signs and tests:

Tests that may be used in the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis include:

Achest X-ray
A sputum culture
An open lung biopsy
A bronchoscopy
A bronchoscopy with transtracheal biopsy
A Histoplasma complement fixation titer
A Histoplasma urinary antigen test
A CBC

Updated Date: 02/09/00

Updated By:J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director, Utah Health Informatics and adam.com editorial

The information provided herein should not be used for diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. A licensed physician should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions. Copyright 2000 adam.com, Inc. Any duplication or distribution of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited.

Health Topics | Drug Information | Dictionaries | Directories | Other Resources

U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894
Copyright and Privacy Policy, We welcome your comments.