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NewsBehind the diagnosis: How laboratory testing guided a complex histoplasmosis case
A diagnosis of histoplasmosis forced a teenager with juvenile arthritis onto an uncertain path, one defined by months of treatment, recovery, and a long-term course of antifungal therapy expected to last up to three years. Histoplasma capsulatum, a dimorphic fungus that causes histoplasmosis, found its way into her lungs.