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Report of a Case

PEYTON T. PRATT, M.D.; STEVEN O. SCHWARTZ, M.D.; LEE EHRLICH, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1950;85(6):893-899.

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MEDICAL history is replete with examples of diseases previously unknown that suddenly became commonplace. In the case of infectious diseases there is always an element of doubt whether the malady is actually becoming more widespread or is simply being more widely recognized. Evidence gleaned from experience with noninfectious diseases points to the latter possibility. So it seems with histoplasmosis. Between the first description by Darling¹ in 1906 and the review of the subject by Parsons and Zarafonetis² in 1945, only 71 cases were reported. Yet, from 1945 to 1949 an additional 42 cases³ of proved histoplasmosis have been recorded, and there are those who feel that the disease is sufficiently common to be responsible for much of the pulmonary calcification previously attributed to tuberculosis.⁴

The protean manifestations of histoplasmosis make diagnosis difficult, and neither in vivo (skin) nor in vitro (precipitin) tests have been found completely . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Hematology Laboratory and the Hektoen Institute for Medical Research of the Cook County Hospital.

Footnotes
Aided by grants from the Olivia Sue Dvore and Robert L. Goldblatt Foundations and the Wilson Laboratories.

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