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Query: UMLS:C0851341 (
infestation
)
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We describe the initial presentation, diagnostic work-up and treatment of three adult immunocompetent men who presented within a short time frame of each other to an academic medical centre with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Their presentation was found to be secondary to a large inoculum of
histoplasmosis
from remodelling a building with bat droppings
infestation
. We discuss the pathophysiology of
histoplasmosis
and highlight the importance of exposure history in patients with acute respiratory failure and why patients with the occupational risk of exposure to fungal inoculum should wear protective respirator gear.
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PMID:Disseminated pulmonary histoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients: a common epidemiological exposure. 3089 64
