The bu y coat is obtained routinely for disseminated histoplamosis (DH) diagnosis in Ceará, Brazil. The aim of this study is to describe the accuracy of staining smears for Histoplasma in the bu y coat of AIDS-patients with DH. From 2012–2013, all results of stained bu y coat smears and culture for fungi performed at São José Hospital were recorded. In total, 489 bu y coats of 361 patients were studied; 19/361 ...