Spontaneous resolution of blastomycosis symptoms caused by B. dermatitidis
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020 Given the propensity of blastomycosis to disseminate or reoccur and the inability to predict which infections will experience severe manifestations, nearly all cases of blastomycosis are treated.
Jennifer L. Anderson +2 more
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Geodemographic Features of Human Blastomycosis in Eastern Wisconsin
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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Oral versus intravenous therapy in the treatment of systemic mycosis [PDF]
, 2004 The great majority of systemic fungal infections require long-term therapy that often extends 6–12 months, particularly in immunosuppressed patients.
Abrahamse-Berkeveld, Marieke +7 more
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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 +4 more
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Murine cytomegalovirus genomic material in marrow cells; relation to altered leukocyte counts during sublethal infection of mice [PDF]
, 1987 To investigate infection of hematopoietic cells by murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), we used in situ hybridization to detect MCMV genomic material in marrow cells during sublethal infection of three-week-old mice.
Bale, J. F. +4 more
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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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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 +10 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 +7 more
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Detection of (1,3)-β-d-Glucan in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Histoplasma Meningitis [PDF]
, 2018 The diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) histoplasmosis is often difficult. Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) is available as a biological marker for the diagnosis of fungal meningitis, there are limited data on its use for ...
Albers, Amanda +12 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 +2 more
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