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Would you recommend antifungal treatment or observation without therapy in an immunocompetent patient with a pulmonary nodule who underwent malignancy workup and was found to have yeast forms consistent with histoplasma on GMS stain? 

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Infectious Disease · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine

We have seen a number of patients who have had a lung biopsy for a solitary pulmonary nodule to exclude the diagnosis of cancer. When histoplasmosis is identified by pathology, we obtain a urine histoplasma antigen as well as a careful history and exam, and some lab tests for immunosuppression. If n...

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