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Risk Factors for Acquisition of Endemic Blastomycosis [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2009 BACKGROUND: Blastomycosis is potentially fatal, but environmental risk factors for acquiring blastomycosis are not well established.
Maxym Choptiany +10 more
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Blastomycosis-Associated Hospitalizations, United States, 2010–2020
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Background: Blastomycosis is an environmentally acquired fungal disease that can cause severe illness, with approximately 65% of reported cases requiring hospitalization.
Kaitlin Benedict +5 more
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Incidental findings of blastomycosis lung nodules in five asymptomatic patients
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018 Asymptomatic blastomycosis infections are rarely identified or described in the literature, but are believed to comprise 50% of cases. In this report we describe five sporadic cases of blastomycosis in asymptomatic patients.
Jennifer L. Anderson +2 more
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The importance of skin exam in chronic pulmonary blastomycosis
IDCases, 2020 Cutaneous blastomycosis is the most common extrapulmonary manifestation of disseminated blastomycosis, a disease caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, a dimorphic fungus endemic of North America.
Elena G. Caldito +4 more
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Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2013 We describe a case of posterior fossa blastomycosis in an immunocompetent patient that mimicked high-grade neoplasm on neuroimaging. Histological analysis confirmed blastomycosis.
Dhiraj Baruah +3 more
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An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis [PDF]
Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2008 We report a case of Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG) associated with blastomycosis. This appears to be the first case report of WG co-existing with a tissue proven blastomycosis infection.
O' Sullivan Maureen +4 more
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Blastomycosis in Northwestern Ontario, 2004 to 2014 [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2015 Blastomycosis is an invasive fungal disease caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis and the recently discovered Blastomyces gilchristii. The medical charts of 64 patients with confirmed cases of blastomycosis in northwestern Ontario during a 10-year period ...
Daniel Dalcin, Syed Zaki Ahmed
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A rare case of miliary blastomycosis
Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsBlastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the fungi Blastomyces dermatitidis. Presentation from this infection is variable, ranging from asymptomatic cases to disseminated infection. The Capital District of New York is not traditionally considered an
Laura E. Ramirez +5 more
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Geodemographic Features of Human Blastomycosis in Eastern Wisconsin [PDF]
Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2016 Purpose: Blastomycosis is an endemic fungal infection. In rural northern Wisconsin, blastomycosis cases are associated with certain environmental features including close proximity to waterways. Other studies have associated blastomycosis with particular
Megan E. Huber +3 more
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Pulmonary blastomycosis presenting as primary lung cancer
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background Blastomycosis is an endemic mycosis in North America that is caused by the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. The illness is a systemic disease with a wide variety of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary manifestations.
Syed Mohammed Qasim Hussaini +6 more
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