2020
Endemic Fungi Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review
Azar MM, Malo J, Hage CA. Endemic Fungi Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 41: 522-537. PMID: 32629490, DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1702194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired pneumoniaCommon bacterial causeAreas of endemicityDimorphic fungal infectionsRespiratory manifestationsClinical presentationPulmonary histoplasmosisTreatment strategiesDiagnostic modalitiesBacterial causeEndemic areasFungal infectionsPneumoniaHistoplasma capsulatumHistoplasmosisCoccidioides posadasiiBlastomycosisCoccidioidomycosisEpidemiologyDimorphic fungusPresentingReviewPathogenesisInfectionDiagnosis
2017
Clinical Perspectives in the Diagnosis and Management of Histoplasmosis
Azar MM, Hage CA. Clinical Perspectives in the Diagnosis and Management of Histoplasmosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2017, 38: 403-415. PMID: 28797485, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.004.BooksConceptsAcute pulmonary histoplasmosisDrug of choiceManagement of histoplasmosisDisseminated presentationPulmonary histoplasmosisMild diseaseClinical spectrumDimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatumHistoplasmosisAmphotericin BFungus Histoplasma capsulatumClinical perspectiveDiseaseHistoplasma capsulatumMultipronged approachNumber of travelersDiagnosisPatientsTherapyItraconazoleSeverity