After breathing in spores of a fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum, which was hidden within the bat poop, the men developed a pneumonia condition called histoplasmosis. One man, aged 59 ...

But, bat guano can also contain harmful spores from the Histoplasma capsulatum fungus that is found in bat faeces and can ...

Costa Rica is regarded as endemic for the disease, attributed to the Histoplasma capsulatum fungus, because of its climate and soil conditions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...