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A case report of disseminated blastomycosis presenting as a renal mass

Human Pathology Reports
Blastomycosis, caused by dimorphic fungi from the genus Blastomyces, is an endemic disease of the midwestern United States that typically presents as pulmonary disease mimicking community acquired pneumonia.
Casey Vieni, Bobbi S. Pritt, Loren Herrera Hernandez   +2 more
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Computed Tomographic Scan Evaluation of Pulmonary Blastomycosis

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2009
BACKGROUND: Blastomycosis is an uncommon granulomatous pulmonary and extrapulmonary infectious disease caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. Diagnosis may be delayed or difficult because of varied presentation.
Suzanne Ronald, Jacek Strzelczyk, Sean Moore, Elly Trepman, Mary Cheang, Bill Limerick, Lyle Wiebe, Pete Sarsfield, Kerry MacDonald, Michael Meyers, John M Embil   +10 more
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Disseminated cutaneous blastomycosis acquired in Mexico: A case report and literature review

Clinical Infection in Practice
Background: Blastomycosis is caused by species of the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces, (B. dermatitidis and B. gilchristi). It is an endemic mycosis that causes a spectrum of disease, most often pulmonary and cutaneous.
Mina Kang, Penelope J. Teoh, Rachel Southern-Thomas, Peter Rae, Christopher B. Bunker, Sarah Logan, Neil Stone   +6 more
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Co-infection by dimorphic fungi in tuberculosis patients in Kenya

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2020
Background: Dimorphic fungi may cause infections and symptoms similar to tuberculosis (TB), in humans and animals. Such infections, individually or concurrently with TB, have been identified in cattle in Kenya, raising the possibility of infections in ...
Joseph K Ngei. Kuria, Donald Mogoi, Samuel Guchu Gachuhi   +2 more
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Retrato microbiológico de Blastomyces dermatitidis

Revista Experiencia en Medicina del Hospital Regional Lambayeque, 2020
Blastomyces dermatitidisis, un hongo térmicamente dimórfico que produce micelios y forma aleurioconidios a 25 ° C; a 37 ° C toma la forma de una levadura, pertenece a un grupo de ascomicetos. Causa infección pulmonar local, a menudo acompañada de diseminación extrapulmonar. Las colonias producen hifas aéreas blancas en la superficie que pueden tornarse
Sebastian Iglesias-Osores, Arturo Rafael-Heredia   +1 more
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Use of Urine Antigen Testing for Blastomyces in an Integrated Health System

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2018
Purpose: Blastomycosis, an endemic fungal infection, mimics many other diseases. We explored the use of Blastomyces urine antigen (BuAg), reportedly the most sensitive noninvasive test, in clinical practice and compared it to other noninvasive tests ...
Dennis J. Baumgardner
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Blastomycosis presenting as solitary nodule: A rare presentation

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2012
Blastomycosis is a chronic granulomatous and suppurative mycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, which in the great majority of cases presents as a primary pulmonary disease. Primary cutaneous blastomycosis is very rare.
Ashish Dhamija, Paschal D′Souza, Priti Salgia, Ashok Meherda, Rajkumar Kothiwala   +4 more
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Blastomyces dermatitidis in a renal transplant recipient

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2014
Fungal pathogens can be the source of serious and sometimes fatal infections following organ transplantation. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first case of cutaneous blastomycosis in a renal allograft recipient in India, a country outside ...
Himanshu V Patel, Vivek B Kute, Aruna V Vanikar, Pankaj R Shah, Manoj R Gumber, Hargovind L Trivedi   +5 more
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Red Fox as Sentinel for Blastomyces dermatitidis, Ontario, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Blastomyces dermatitidis, a fungus that can cause fatal infection in humans and other mammals, is not readily recoverable from soil, its environmental reservoir. Because of the red fox’s widespread distribution, susceptibility to B.
Nicole M. Nemeth, G. Douglas Campbell, Paul T. Oesterle, Lenny Shirose, Beverly McEwen, Claire M. Jardine   +5 more
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Native BAD-1 Binding to Heparin-agarose

Bio-Protocol, 2014
BAD-1 is an adhesin created by the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis, the causative agent of blastomycosis. We have determined that it has an affinity for heparin, which may explain its impact on virulence and human immune function as a number ...
T. Brandhorst
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