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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 +5 more
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mBio, 2015 Blastomyces adhesin-1 (BAD-1) protein mediates the virulence of the yeast Blastomyces dermatitidis, in part by binding host lung tissue, the extracellular matrix, and cellular receptors via glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), such as heparan sulfate.
Audrey Beaussart +3 more
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Blastomyces dermatitidis infections in the RSA.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1989 Twenty cases of blastomycosis have been confirmed in the RSA, 9 of which are presented for the first time. Patients came from all four provinces and the mean age was 40 years. Six cases were diagnosed between 1985 and 1987. Differences between strains of Blastomyces dermatitidis isolated in the RSA and in North America include morphological and ...
Frean, JA +4 more
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Blastomyces dermatitidis With Large Yeast Forms
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2001 Abstract Yeast forms of Blastomyces dermatitidis typically range from 8 to 20 μm in largest diameter. We report a rare case of primary pulmonary blastomycosis with an unusual morphology, in which we found significant numbers of large yeast forms ranging from 30 to 35 μm in ...
Hussain, Zakir +2 more
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Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe investigated a blastomycosis cluster among humans and canines in a neighborhood in Wisconsin, United States. We conducted interviews and collected serum specimens for Blastomyces antibody testing by enzyme immunoassay. Although no definitive exposure
Hannah E. Segaloff +11 more
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Genomic Epidemiology of Large Blastomycosis Outbreak, Ontario, Canada, 2021
Emerging Infectious DiseasesUsing phylogenomic analysis, we provide genomic epidemiology analysis of a large blastomycosis outbreak in Ontario, Canada, caused by Blastomyces gilchristii.
Lisa R. McTaggart +4 more
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Primary cutaneous blastomycosis in a Chinese-Canadian girl following an insect bite
International Journal of Infectious DiseasesBackground: Blastomycosis is a disease caused by the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces species. This infection occurs most frequently among individuals residing in the midwestern, southeastern, and south-central United States, as well as in Canadian provinces
Sujun Liu, Zehu Liu, Xiujiao Xia
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1984 Trabalhos experimentais demonstraram que a anfotericina B, desorganizando funcionalmente a membrana celular fúngica, permite a penetração da rifampicina no citoplasma e sua conseqüente ação contra Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis e ...
Bodo Wanke +3 more
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Performance of Laboratory Testing in Culture-Confirmed Blastomycosis: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect DisGlover J, Tao L.
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