Relación del histoplasma capsulatum con las gallinas y otras aves : Estudio expositivo / Relationship of histoplasma capsulatum to avian habitats : A review

ABSTRACT

Histoplasma capsulatum is a soil fungus with a wide geographic distribution. It has not only been isolated repeatedly from soil specimens but both its micro- and macroconidia have been demonstrated in soil, air, and water. The occurrence of these spores in nature unequivocally proves that H. camsulatum actively grows and multiplies in soil as a saprophyte and does not merely reside there in a passive state. This conclusion is based on the fact that conidia are not produced by H. capsulatum in its parasitic phase