Show threadAI6YR BenDec 19, 2024

Case I was commercial bat guano.

"...On exposure assessment, he reported the use of bat guano from an online store as a fertilizer for cannabis plants... These cases emphasize 2 potential sources of exposure: commercial fertilizers and natural bat guano. Neither federal governmental agencies nor the New York State Department of Agriculture appear to routinely test commercial bat guano for H capsulatum..."

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#batguano #histoplasmosis

AI6YR BenDec 19, 2024

Ooh, histoplasmosis from bat guano fertilizer! First time I have seen a report of this here... Links to this study. ps. nothing to do with cannabis, everything to do with the bat guano.

https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/11/12/ofae711/7917418?login=false
#batguano #fertilizer #death #histoplasmosis

EmilyJan 5, 2023
On the importance of updating disease incidence and tracking https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fungi-cause-serious-lung-infections-found #fungi #fungalpathogens #valleyfever #aspergillus #histoplasmosis
Fungi that cause serious lung infections are now found throughout the U.S

Doctors should be on the lookout for three types of fungi that, when inhaled, can lead to serious infections, researchers say.

Science News
KausikDec 17, 2022
Pleasantly surprised to discover that our recent JCM paper on HistoSPOT, an interferon-gamma release assay to probe T-cell response in #histoplasmosis, was chosen as one of 2022’s best papers in #ClinicalMicrobiology by JCM Editors. https://asm.org/Podcasts/Editors-in-Conversation/Episodes/The-Best-Clinical-Microbiology-Papers-of-2022-EIC (Our paper is discussed starting around the ~27 minute mark.) #ASMicrobiology
The Best Clinical Microbiology Papers of 2022

Our favorite papers or more intriguing manuscripts published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology over the past year.

ASM.org