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(Chest. 1970;58:76-79.)
© 1970 American College of Chest Physicians

Pleural Effusion Due to Infection with Histoplasma Capsulatum

Philip L. Brewer 1 and James P. Himmelwright 1

1 Departments of Surgery and Internal Medscine, USAF Hospital Maxwell, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

A patient with pulmonary histoplasmosis and pleural effusion was treated successfully by lobectomy. Patients with this uncommon manifestation of histoplasmosis recover spontaneously or develop chronic fibrosing pleuritis. The demonstration of organisms in biopsy specimens or by culture may be necessary for diagnosis.






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