Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria that were used in the literature search.

<18 years	Exclusively ⩾ 18 years
Diagnosis of histoplasmosis	No diagnosis of histoplasmosis
Published 1 January 1950–1 January 2021	Published before 1 January 1950
Publications with patients’ country of origin	Publications without patients’ country of origin
Patient is of African origin	Patient is of non-African origin
Case reports with abstracts	Case reports without abstracts
Original case reports of histoplasmosis	No original case reports of histoplasmosis