Detection and Phylogenetic Characterization of a Case of Histoplasma capsulatum Infection in Mainland China

Ying Wang Department of Dermatology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

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Bo Pan Department of Dermatology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

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Jianhua Wu Department of Dermatology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

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Xinling Bi Department of Dermatology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

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Wanqing Liao Department of Dermatology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

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Weihua Pan Department of Dermatology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

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Histoplasmosis usually occurs in specific endemic areas. Sporadic cases have also been reported in mainland China. Here, we described an indigenous case of disseminated histoplasmosis. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the Histoplasma capsulatum isolated in our case belongs to the Australian clade. Combined with previous studies, it revealed high genetic diversity among Chinese H. capsulatum isolates.

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* Address correspondence to Weihua Pan, Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China, E-mail: panweihua@medmail.com.cn or Jun Gu, Department of Dermatology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China, E-mail: jungusmmu@gmail.com
† These authors contributed equally.

Financial support: This study was supported by National 973 Program Grant 2013CB531600, National Science and Technology Major Projects of China Grant 2013ZX10004612001, Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Grant 10dz2220100, and a key project from Chinese Military Logistics (AWS11L009).

Authors' addresses: Ying Wang, Jianhua Wu, Xinling Bi, and Jun Gu, Department of Dermatology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, E-mails: wangying88_2@hotmail.com, 44434731@qq.com, bxlsmmu@gmail.com, and jungusmmu@gmail.com. Bo Pan, Wanqing Liao, and Weihua Pan, Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, E-mails: simajiangtailangpb@hotmail.com, liaowanqing@sohu.com, and panweihua@medmail.com.cn.

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