A. E. Feller

Outbreak of unusual form of pneumonia at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, in 1944: Follow-up studies implicating histoplasma capsulatum as the etiologic agentm☆

Abstract An epidemic of disseminated pulmonary disease which occurred at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, in 1944, following common exposure in an abandoned storm cellar, is reviewed. On the basis of the results of the comprehensive followup study reported here and certain other data which have accumulated in the literature since the occurrence of the epidemic, it is concluded that the outbreak was due to H. capsulatum. This is the first epidemic finally proved to have been caused by histoplasmosis.