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Blastomycosis Pneumonia as an Unusual Cause of Horner Syndrome: Case Report and Review
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2022 We describe an immunocompetent patient with Horner syndrome secondary to invasive Blastomyces pneumonia and provide a review of the rare infectious etiologies of this syndrome.
Brent A. Schotl +4 more
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Pharmacokinetics of isavuconazole in healthy cats after oral and intravenous administration
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2022 Background Isavuconazole is a triazole antifungal drug that has shown good efficacy in human patients. Absorption and pharmacokinetics have not been evaluated in cats.
Dennis J. Woerde +2 more
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Disseminated blastomycosis presenting with genitourinary abscesses
Urology Case Reports, 2023 A 25 year old male presented with several weeks of fevers and testicular pain. Workup demonstrated scrotal and prostatic abscesses. Fluid from these following surgical drainage revealed Blastomyces dermatitidis. He was treated with 12 months of oral anti-
Tyler A. Wittmann +2 more
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Blastomycosis: A Review of Mycological and Clinical Aspects
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Blastomycosis is caused by a thermally dimorphic fungus that thrives in moist acidic soil. Blastomyces dermatitidis is the species responsible for most infections in North America and is especially common in areas around the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Linder +2 more
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Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2021 Blastomyces species (spp) can cause clinical disease affecting nearly every organ system, including the skeletal system. However, isolated joint involvement without concurrent osteomyelitis is rare, especially in children.
Emily Schildt, Robyn Bockrath
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Endemic and Other Dimorphic Mycoses in The Americas
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Endemic fungi are thermally dimorphic fungi that have a limited geographic range and can cause both primary disease and opportunistic infections. The Americas are home to more genera of endemic fungi than anywhere else on earth.
Shawn R. Lockhart +4 more
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International Journal of Medical Students, 2023 BACKGROUND: Blastomycosis commonly presents as a respiratory infection and is endemic to the Mississippi River Valley that causes severe infections in immunocompromised individuals.
Annie Catherine Strauss, Aaron R. Poole
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mBio, 2018 Blastomyces dermatitidis is a human fungal pathogen of the lung that can lead to disseminated disease in healthy and immunocompromised individuals. Genetic analysis of this fungus is hampered by the relative inefficiency of traditional recombination ...
Gregory C. Kujoth +7 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Blastomyces dermatitidis [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000 The inhalation of conidia of Blastomyces dermatitidis, a fungus found in soil, causes disease in humans and animals. We studied the genetic diversity of this pathogen by extracting DNA yeasts and analyzing them with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based typing system we developed, which used restriction fragment analysis of amplicons from the regions
M J, McCullough +4 more
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Virulence, 2019 This review article focuses on the mechanisms underlying temperature adaptation and virulence of the etiologic agents of blastomycosis, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Blastomyces gilchristii, and Blastomyces percursus.
Joseph A. McBride +2 more
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