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I have been all over the web looking for information on an animal/bird transmitted disease/condition that humans can get called "HISTOPLASMA AB YEAST AG"
I'm not sure if that's all ONE name, or not. The doctor wrote it out as the problem in my lung. There is a nodule/growth in my lung that is suppose to be a result of inhaling spores. I wanted to read about this to find out the cause, what it can do, how dangerous it is, etc. I can't find ANYTHING on it at all. I use to rehab and raise orphaned and injured wildlife in Indiana. I've had almost everything indigenous to the area....including birds such as wild ducks, Canadian geese, etc. (that the doctor says it's mostly connected with)
I would like to find out more about WHAT this is, and some sources to go to on the web, if YOU can find any. Everything I came up with was FAR too "medical" and biologically written to understand. Good luck! I've tried...unless the person answering is a doctor....THEN it may be possible to find out something about this! Thanks!

 

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browsing the web for info...could find nothing but medical papers, or biology reports that were impossible to translate!

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August 28 4:23 PM (9 minutes and 19 seconds later)
         
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Hello,

I'm a nurse, but I think that I can help you. I am familiar with histoplasmosis.

This is a fungal infection that is spread, as you say, by inhaling spores from bat and bird droppings.

Here are a couple of websites that will help you to better understand the cause, symptoms and treatment.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/histoplasmosis_g.htm#What%20is%20histoplasmosis

http://www.dhpe.org/infect/histo.html

Hope you find this information helpful and if I can answer anything else for you, let me know.

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August 28 4:43 PM (20 minutes and 17 seconds later)
         
Reply to Pamela's Post: Dear Pamela,

I had seen/read one of those sites. Are histoplasma and histoplasmosis the same thing? They are listed separately at other sites.

There's nothing at those sites about the "AB yeast AG....so, although I appreciate your trying, I'd really like an answer that included, or at least mentioned the AB YEAST AG, so that I know I'm on the right track.

   Thanks for what you have sent, though, but this wasn't anything I didn't know so far.
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August 28 4:49 PM (5 minutes and 39 seconds later)
         
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To answer one of your questions, Histoplasma capsulatum is the causative agent of a true systemic (endemic) mycosis called histoplasmosis

Here is a website that discusses Type A and B yeast cells.

http://iai.asm.org/cgi/reprint/16/2/461

Hope this helps.

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Edited by camyrose8 on August 28 2006 at 4:54 PM

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August 29 8:07 AM (15 hours and 18 minutes and 7 seconds later)
         
Reply to Pamela's Post: Thanks, Pamela...that second bit of information was what I was looking for. I really appreciate your help! Now, if I can find the "accept" button, I'll click on it. You were a great help!
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