Histoplasmosis

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Lungs

Acute histoplasmosis

Disseminated histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis, disseminated in HIV patient

Histoplasmosis

Alternative Names:

Ohio River Valley fever
Symptoms:

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Symptoms depend on the underlying clinical syndrome:

Acute asymptomatic pulmonary (lung) histoplasmosis -- no symptoms
Acute symptomatic pulmonary histoplasmosis
- fever
- chills
- cough
- chest pain when breathing in

Chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis
- cough
- shortness of breath
- chest pain
- excessive sweating
- fever - may resemble symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis and include coughing up blood (hemoptysis)
Disseminated histoplasmosis
- fevers
- headache
- neck stiffness
- skin lesions
- mouth sores
Other histoplasma syndromes
- joint pain
- skin nodules (lumps)
- rashes

Signs and tests:

The diagnosis of histoplasmosis depends on the underlying condition. Tests may include analysis of the organism in sputum, lung tissue, blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), or bone marrow tissue, as well as antigen tests performed on blood, urine, or CSF.

In addition, certain pathologic findings may be seen in tissue which may support the diagnosis of histoplasmosis.