Barros is a transplant infectious diseases physician at Indiana University Health and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. His clinical and research work focuses on fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts and the diagnosis and management of thermally dimorphic fungal infections.
Histoplasmosis is a widely distributed and often underdiagnosed fungal infection that can cause severe, sometimes fatal disease—especially in immunocompromised patients—due largely to persistent diagnostic delays and limited routine testing. Here is a review of diagnostics and treatment for the fungal infection.