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Talaromyces marneffei laboratory cross reactivity with Histoplasma and Blastomyces urinary antigen

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Talaromyces marneffei is a fungal opportunistic infection usually seen in immunocompromised patients from eastern countries. In the US when examining HIV-patients for suspected fungal infections, laboratory serological tests guide therapy until cultures ...
Pool Tobar Vega, Shruti Erramilli, Eugene Lee   +2 more
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Blastomycosis in a postpartum dog

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2014
Transplacental infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis is rare in humans and unknown in the dog. A Doberman pinscher bitch was diagnosed with blastomycosis 25 days after whelping. Clinical signs were noted after whelping and were progressive.
David L. Panciera, Gregory C. Troy, Beverly J. Purswell   +2 more
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A Curious Case of Blastomyces Osteomyelitis [PDF]

Cureus, 2020
Blastomycosis is an uncommon disease caused by the dimorphic fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis, often found in endemic regions of Midwestern America. It can be found in forested, sandy soils, decaying vegetation, rotting wood near water sources, and even in bird feces.
Sapra, Amit, Pham, Dorothy, Ranjit, Eukesh, Baig, Malika Q, Hui, Jason   +4 more
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Cutaneous blastomycosis and dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a Persian cat from Bangkok, Thailand

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2017
This is a case report of concurrent of blastomycosis and pseudomycetoma in a 3 year-old Persian cat from Bangkok, Thailand. Histopathology from antemortem and postmortem samples revealed blastomycosis and dermatophyte pseudomycetoma.
Lerpen Duangkaew, Lawan Larsuprom, Chaiyan Kasondorkbua, Charles Chen, Ariya Chindamporn   +4 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Blastomyces gilchristii Clusters, Minnesota, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
We characterized 2 clusters of blastomycosis cases in Minnesota, USA, using whole-genome sequencing and single-nucleotide polymorphism analyses. Blastomyces gilchristii was confirmed as the cause of infection.
Ujwal R. Bagal, Malia Ireland, Annastasia Gross, Jill Fischer, Meghan Bentz, Elizabeth L. Berkow, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Nancy A. Chow   +7 more
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Correction: Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals a Cryptic Species Blastomyces gilchristii, sp. nov. within the Human Pathogenic Fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059237.].
Elizabeth M Brown, Lisa R McTaggart, Sean X Zhang, Donald E Low, David A Stevens, Susan E Richardson   +5 more
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Blastomycosis—Some Progress but Still Much to Learn

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces spp., is an endemic mycosis capable of causing significant disease throughout the body. Higher rates of infection are seen in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys, the Great Lakes region of the United States and ...
Matthew F. Pullen, Jonathan D. Alpern, Nathan C. Bahr   +2 more
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Mycobiome Sequencing and Analysis Applied to Fungal Community Profiling of the Lower Respiratory Tract During Fungal Pathogenesis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Invasive fungal infections are an increasingly important cause of human morbidity and mortality. We generated a next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based method designed to detect a wide range of fungi and applied it to analysis of the fungal microbiome ...
Lisa R. McTaggart, Julia K. Copeland, Anuradha Surendra, Pauline W. Wang, Pauline W. Wang, Shahid Husain, Shahid Husain, Bryan Coburn, Bryan Coburn, Bryan Coburn, David S. Guttman, David S. Guttman, Julianne V. Kus, Julianne V. Kus   +13 more
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Exploring the environmental drivers of human blastomycosis cases in the Midwestern United States

Environmental Research: Health
Blastomycosis is a fungal infection endemic to the eastern United States (US) and Canada caused by the inhalation of the fungi Blastomyces spp. Currently, the environmental drivers of disease dynamics are poorly understood.
Kimberly A Kaufeld, Andrew D Greene, Staci A Hepler, David M Kline, Malia J Ireland, Suzanne Gibbons-Burgener, Mitsuru Toda, Samantha L Williams, Morgan E Gorris   +8 more
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Pulmonary mycoses among pulmonary tuberculosis in Kebbi State North Western Nigeria

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2023
Background Pathogenic fungi are the source of the fungal illness known as pulmonary mycosis. The prevalence of pulmonary mycoses among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is continuously rising, despite improvements in the disease’s diagnosis, treatment,
Mohammed Bashar Danlami, Adesina Muibi Adefowepo, Sahabi Sule Manga, Tajudeen Olanrewaju Yahaya, Mari Bata Mshelia, Zaharaddin Muhammad Kalgo   +5 more
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