Families call for more histoplasmosis testing after severe cases

Two Williamson County families are calling for increased testing for histoplasmosis after their loved ones battled life-threatening cases of the fungal infection that took months to diagnose.

Cami Carpenter and Liam O’Neal, both relatively young people, were diagnosed with severe histoplasmosis infections after struggling to get answers about what was making them so sick. Both families say earlier testing could have prevented their conditions from becoming so severe.

“If they would’ve tested for the fungus, none of this would’ve happened,” mother, Kyla Carpenter said…

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