What is the disease histoplasmosis?

We had a pediatric patient with that. She had pneumonia that wasn't going away with antibiotics. It turned out that it was a fungal infection she got from visiting a zoo where she could feed the birds. The docor said it was called Histoplasmosis and that the birds were the carrier. She went on antifungals and was better in a week.

Fungal infection of the lungs:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseasein...

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