MAY 5, 2025

IDSA Updates Guideline

For Many Patients With Histoplasmosis, You Can Skip the Antifungal

By Aaron Tallent

Histoplasmosis is a common fungal infection found in river valley areas, but its severity can vary between no symptoms and death if untreated. To help guide physicians in knowing when to take action or not, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has issued four updated recommendations to its guideline that cover the treatment of asymptomatic histoplasma pulmonary nodules (histoplasmomas), mild acute pulmonary histoplasmosis and moderate acute pulmonary