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Human and Canine Blastomycosis: A Common Source Infection

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996
In fall 1993 a man and a dog developed blastomycosis after visiting an island off Bayfield Inlet, Georgian Bay, located near Parry Sound, Ontario. The man recovered but the dog died of blastomycosis. It was hypothesized that the common source of exposure
Matthew W Morgan, Irving E Salit
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An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis

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, Dobson Simon, Houghton Kristin, Abdwani Reem, Malleson Peter   +4 more
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Incidence and trends of blastomycosis-associated hospitalizations in the United States. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
We used the State Inpatient Databases from the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to provide state-specific age-adjusted blastomycosis-associated hospitalization incidence throughout the entire United States.
Amy E Seitz, Naji Younes, Claudia A Steiner, D Rebecca Prevots   +3 more
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Blastomycosis: A Review of Mycological and Clinical Aspects

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Blastomycosis is caused by a thermally dimorphic fungus that thrives in moist acidic soil. Blastomyces dermatitidis is the species responsible for most infections in North America and is especially common in areas around the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Linder, Carol A. Kauffman, Marisa H. Miceli   +2 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Blastomyces gilchristii Clusters, Minnesota, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
We characterized 2 clusters of blastomycosis cases in Minnesota, USA, using whole-genome sequencing and single-nucleotide polymorphism analyses. Blastomyces gilchristii was confirmed as the cause of infection.
Ujwal R. Bagal, Malia Ireland, Annastasia Gross, Jill Fischer, Meghan Bentz, Elizabeth L. Berkow, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Nancy A. Chow   +7 more
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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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Risk Factors for Acquisition of Endemic Blastomycosis

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, Lyle Wiebe, Bill Limerick, Pete Sarsfield, Mary Cheang, Bruce Light, Greg Hammond, Kerry MacDonald, Elly Trepman, Peter Pappas, John M Embil   +10 more
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Morphological diagnosis of blastomycosis clinically presenting as mycetoma in a young immunocompetent Indian patient; A diagnostic dilemma

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2023
Primary cutaneous blastomycosis is very rare in non-endemic regions like India. Only few cases have been reported from India. Herein, we are reporting a rare case of chronic cutaneous blastomycosis in a young immunocompetent male presenting as mycetoma ...
Rakesh K Gupta, Mousmi Agrawal, Archana Keche, Satyaki Ganguly   +3 more
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Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Blastomycosis, Histoplasmosis, and Coccidioidomycosis, Ontario, Canada, 1990–2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Endemic mycoses represent a growing public health challenge in North America. We describe the epidemiology of 1,392 microbiology laboratory–confirmed cases of blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, and coccidioidomycosis in Ontario during 1990–2015 ...
Elizabeth M. Brown, Lisa R. McTaggart, Deirdre Dunn, Elizabeth Pszczolko, Kar George Tsui, Shaun K. Morris, Derek Stephens, Julianne V. Kus, Susan E. Richardson   +8 more
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Burying Hatchets into Endemic Diagnoses: Disseminated Blastomycosis from a Potentially Novel Occupational Exposure

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: Blastomycosis is an endemic fungal disease predominantly observed in the northern regions of North America. It manifests primarily as pulmonary disease but can also involve dissemination to the skin, bones, and genitourinary tract.
Kusha Davar, Arthur Jeng, Suzanne Donovan   +2 more
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