Document 0577
 DOCN  M9490577
 TI    Histoplasmin sensitivity among a student population in Crema, Po Valley,
       Italy.
 DT    9411
 AU    Confalonieri M; Gandola L; Aiolfi S; Parigi P; Mazzoni A; Department of
       Respiratory Diseases, Crema Hospital, Cremona,; Italy.
 SO    Microbiologica. 1994 Apr;17(2):151-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94344044
 AB    Histoplasmin skin tests were conducted on a student population in Crema,
       Po Valley, Italy. In this geographical area two autochtonal cases of
       disseminated histoplasmosis occurred in HIV-negative men. In the last
       year we tested 776 senior high school students, mean age 18 years, 335
       males and 441 females. Histopalsmin skin sensitivity was 1.23%, with a
       mean area of induration of 5.78 mm. All subjects but one had never been
       abroad. This preliminary survey confirms the possibility of autochtonal
       histoplasmal infection in the Po Valley, Italy.
 DE    Adolescence  Drug Resistance  Female  Histoplasmin/*IMMUNOLOGY
       Histoplasmosis/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  Italy/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male
       Prevalence  Skin Tests  Students  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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