Mannose Receptor Is Required for Optimal Induction of Vaccine-Induced T-Helper Type 17 Cells and Resistance to Blastomyces dermatitidis Infection. [PDF]
J Infect Dis, 2016 We investigated how innate sensing by the mannose receptor (MR) influences the development of antifungal immunity. We demonstrate that MR senses mannan on the surface of attenuated Blastomyces dermatitidis vaccine yeast and that MR(-/-) mice demonstrate ...
Wang H +6 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 +5 more
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Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatitidis antigens in serum using a single quantitative enzyme immunoassay. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2023 Histoplasma and Blastomyces antigen detection assays are commonly used diagnostic tools. However, a high level of cross-reactivity between these antigens prevents definitive pathogen identification by these assays alone.
Granger D, Streck NT, Theel ES.
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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 +5 more
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A Case of Blastomyces dermatitidis Diagnosed Following Travel to Colorado: A Case Report and Review of Literature. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 The dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis, is one of the most frequent causes of endemic fungal infections in the United States as well as various other parts of the world. Clinical presentations vary widely, ranging from asymptomatic to disseminated
Cuddapah GV +3 more
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Analysis and modeling of Blastomyces dermatitidis environmental prevalence in Minnesota using soil collected to compare basal and outbreak levels. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2021 Upon inhalation of spores from the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis from the environment, humans and animals can develop the disease blastomycosis. Based on disease epidemiology, B.
Jackson KM +9 more
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Development of a Duplex Real-Time PCR Assay for the Differentiation of Blastomyces dermatitidis and <i>Blastomyces gilchristii</i> and a Retrospective Analysis of Culture and Primary Specimens from Blastomycosis Cases from New York (2005 to 2019). [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2021 Blastomycosis due to Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii is a significant cause of respiratory mycoses in North America with occasional reported outbreaks.
Kaplan M +5 more
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Comparative genome analysis and the genome-shaping role of long terminal repeat retrotransposons in the evolutionary divergence of fungal pathogens Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii. [PDF]
G3 (Bethesda)Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii are cryptic species of fungi that cause blastomycosis, an often severe disease involving pulmonary infection capable of systemic dissemination.
McTaggart LR, Braukmann TWA, Kus JV.
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The C-Type Lectin Receptor MCL Mediates Vaccine-Induced Immunity against Infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis. [PDF]
Infect Immun, 2015 Wang H +4 more
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Blastomyces dermatitidis serine protease dipeptidyl peptidase IVA (DppIVA) cleaves ELR+ CXC chemokines altering their effects on neutrophils. [PDF]
Cell Microbiol, 2017 Blastomycosis elicits a pyogranulomatous inflammatory response that involves a prominent recruitment of neutrophils to the site of infection. Although neutrophils are efficiently recruited to the site of infection, this event is paradoxically coupled ...
Lorenzini J +3 more
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