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Acta Scientific Orthopaedics (ISSN: 2581-8635)

Editorial Volume 8 Issue 8

Scourge and Pestilence-Histoplasmosis

Kanugula Saibharath*

Junior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

*Corresponding Author: Kanugula Saibharath, Senior Resident, GVPIHCMT, Visakhapatnam A.P, India.

Received: June 27, 2025; Published: July 01, 2025

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Abstract

Histoplasmosis is a global disease encountered within diverse continents. The condition is engendered due to fungus Histoplasma capsulatum of class Ascomycetes, order Onygenales and family Ajellomycetaceae. The species Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum commonly induces histoplasmosis whereas species Histoplasma capsulatum var duboisii induces African histoplasmosis. Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic mould fungus inducing environmental, mould-forming, tuberculate macroconidia with a classic ‘ship’s wheel’ architecture. Histoplasma capsulatum emerges as a causative agent inducing histoplasmosis which arises within environmental niche comprised of nitrogen rich soils and dark, dingy attics infested with bird or bat droppings.

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Citation

Citation: Kanugula Saibharath. “Scourge and Pestilence-Histoplasmosis".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 8.8 (2025): 01-03.

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Copyright: © 2025 Kanugula Saibharath. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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