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Histoplasmosis vs Blastomycosis - What's the difference?

histoplasmosis | blastomycosis |

As nouns the difference between histoplasmosis and blastomycosis

is that histoplasmosis is a lung disease caused by a fungus, species: Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu while blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis, endemic to parts of North America, whose clinical symptoms resemble those of histoplasmosis.

histoplasmosis

English

Noun

  • (pathology) A lung disease caused by a fungus, , often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu.

    • Related terms

    * histoplasmin * histoplasmotic

    Synonyms

    * cave disease * Darling's disease * Ohio Valley disease

    blastomycosis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia blastomycosis)
  • A fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis , endemic to parts of North America, whose clinical symptoms resemble those of histoplasmosis.