SOIL SAMPLING IN AN URBAN FOCUS OF HISTOPLASMIN SENSITIVITY
- 1 January 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 81 (5) , 747-751
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1960.81.5.747
Abstract
Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil collected throughout the city of Dalton, Georgia, was successful in one of nearly 600 samples. Epidemiologic studies of skin sensitivity to histoplasmin in residents of Dalton and surrounding areas indicate that histoplasmal infection is highly prevalent in one section of the city. Failure to isolate H. capsulatum in this section suggests further search for the fungus might be made elsewhere in the environment.Keywords
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