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Autochthonous Blastomyces dermatitidis, India [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Blastomyces spp. fungi, the causal agent of blastomycosis, are common in North America but do occur in other areas of the world. The most prevalent pathogen in the genus is B. dermatitidis. Most B. dermatitidis isolates originate from North America, but
Anuradha Chowdhary, Gaston I. Jofre, Ashutosh Singh, Andrius J. Dagilis, Victoria E. Sepúlveda, Allison T McClure, Daniel R. Matute   +6 more
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The Dynamic Genome and Transcriptome of the Human Fungal Pathogen Blastomyces and Close Relative Emmonsia. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2015
Three closely related thermally dimorphic pathogens are causal agents of major fungal diseases affecting humans in the Americas: blastomycosis, histoplasmosis and paracoccidioidomycosis.
José F Muñoz, Gregory M Gauthier, Christopher A Desjardins, Juan E Gallo, Jason Holder, Thomas D Sullivan, Amber J Marty, John C Carmen, Zehua Chen, Li Ding, Sharvari Gujja, Vincent Magrini, Elizabeth Misas, Makedonka Mitreva, Margaret Priest, Sakina Saif, Emily A Whiston, Sarah Young, Qiandong Zeng, William E Goldman, Elaine R Mardis, John W Taylor, Juan G McEwen, Oliver K Clay, Bruce S Klein, Christina A Cuomo   +25 more
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Red Fox as Sentinel for Blastomyces dermatitidis, Ontario, Canada [PDF]

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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A rare case of Blastomyces dermatitidis brain abscess in an immunocompetent host [PDF]

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020
Here we present a case of a 41-year old immunocompetent female from central Maryland, who presented with new onset seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging of brain revealed a solitary ring-enhancing lesion.
Magdalena Slomka, James Doub
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Cutaneous clues to a fungal culprit: disseminated Blastomycosis presenting as inflammatory monoarthritis — a Case Report [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
Blastomycosis is a dimorphic fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis and related species, classically presenting with pulmonary and cutaneous involvement. Musculoskeletal manifestations, particularly monoarthritis, are rare and diagnostically
Paddy Ssentongo, Sarah Akhtar, Zinaida Perciuleac, Courtland Kaye, Rekha Aley Cherian, Elizabeth Garrett, Shirley Albano-Aluquin, Thomas N. Helm, Leslie J. Parent, Leslie J. Parent   +9 more
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Changing Patterns of Disease Severity in Blastomyces dermatitidis Infection, Quebec, Canada [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
This retrospective multicenter cohort study assessed temporal changes in the severity and mortality rate of blastomycosis in Quebec, Canada, and identified risk factors for death in patients with blastomycosis in 1988–2016. The primary outcome was 90-day
Alex Carignan, Chiheb Boudhrioua, Sandrine Moreira, Andrée Ann Pelletier, Kevin Dufour, Jacques Pépin, Catherine Allard, Dominique Marcoux, Philippe J. Dufresne   +8 more
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A Blastomycosis dermatitis with only skin manifestations: a case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Fungal Biology
Background and objectiveInfections caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis can usually affect nearly every organ in the body, including the lungs, skin, bones, and genitourinary system.MethodsWe present a case of a 33-year-old Chinese male who developed ...
Zhuren Ruan, Zhijian Yao, Yuanyuan Chen, Cunwei Cao, Gao Wei, Xianghui Li   +5 more
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Necrotizing pneumonia due to blastomycosis: Diagnostic challenges and the emerging role of cell-free DNA testing [PDF]

IDCases
Blastomycosis is the clinical manifestation of infection caused by the yeast phase of the thermally dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis, an environmentally poorly understood endemic North American mycosis that can progress to severe pulmonary ...
Edward Tubberville, Seth Conley, Madison Karabinus, Mhorys Pickmans   +3 more
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Unusual osseous presentation of blastomycosis in an immigrant child: a challenge for European pediatricians [PDF]

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2012
Background Blastomycosis, caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis is a systemic pyogranulomatous infection, endemic in United States and Canada, with few reported cases in Africa and Asia.
Codifava Margherita, Guerra Azzurra, Rossi Giulio, Paolucci Paolo, Iughetti Lorenzo   +4 more
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Phylogeographic Analysis of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii Reveals an Association with North American Freshwater Drainage Basins. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii are dimorphic fungal pathogens that cause serious pulmonary and systemic infections in humans. Although their natural habitat is in the environment, little is known about their specific ecologic niche ...
Lisa R McTaggart, Elizabeth M Brown, Susan E Richardson   +2 more
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