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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, Mitsuru Toda, Kaitlin Benedict, Diego H. Caceres, Anastasia P. Litvintseva   +4 more
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Breathlessness in the Mississippi River Valley: Treatment Resistant Severe Pulmonary Blastomycosis in an Immunocompetent Male

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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CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Gene Disruption Reveals the Importance of Zinc Metabolism for Fitness of the Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Blastomyces dermatitidis

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, Thomas D. Sullivan, Richard Merkhofer, Taek-Jin Lee, Huafeng Wang, Tristan Brandhorst, Marcel Wüthrich, Bruce S. Klein   +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, A F, DiSalvo, K V, Clemons, P, Park, D A, Stevens   +4 more
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Turning on virulence: Mechanisms that underpin the morphologic transition and pathogenicity of Blastomyces

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, Gregory M. Gauthier, Bruce S. Klein   +2 more
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Severe Necrotizing Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Bilateral Empyema in an Immunocompetent Patient due to <i>Fusobacterium necrophorum</i>. [PDF]

Case Rep Pulmonol
Necrotizing pneumonia and empyema caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum are uncommon. The classical presentation of Lemierre′s syndrome, characterized by pharyngotonsillitis and internal jugular vein thrombosis, is not always observed, and incomplete and atypical variants can cause diagnostic uncertainty and delay in treatment.
Shefa D, Shiari A, Antic M, Hatharaliyadda BP, Gomez JV, Ladin D, Dumic I.   +6 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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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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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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