Morphology of Sporotrichum schenckii and histoplasma capsulatum in tissue.
1951
A M KLIGMAN, and
G D BALDRIDGE
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D006658
Histoplasma
A mitosporic Onygenales fungal genus causing HISTOPLASMOSIS in humans and animals. Its single species is Histoplasma capsulatum which has two varieties: H. capsulatum var. capsulatum and H. capsulatum var. duboisii. Its teleomorph is AJELLOMYCES capsulatus.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013175
Sporothrix
A mitosporic Ophiostomataceae fungal genus, whose species Sporothrix schenckii is a well-known animal pathogen. The conidia of this soil fungus may be inhaled causing a primary lung infection, or may infect independently via skin punctures.