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Demystifying fungal systematics: A gateway to fungal literacy and societal/ecological relevance through familiar species

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 499-515, March 2026.
Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidng of fungal taxonomic diversity and their societal relevance.
Anna Vaiana, Francis Martin, Rasmus Kjøller, Toby Spribille, Garima Singh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unusual osseous presentation of blastomycosis in an immigrant child: a challenge for European pediatricians

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
doaj   +1 more source

Disseminated Blastomycosis as an Infiltrating Spinal Mass Mimicking Malignancy

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
This is a case of a young immunocompetent man with upper back pain and imaging of an infiltrative vertebral mass diagnosed with disseminated blastomycosis after a surgical pathology and cultures who was treated successfully with antifungal therapy.
Dhaval Save, Praveen Sudhindra
doaj   +1 more source

Blastomycosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis, India

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed and treated as tuberculosis in disease-endemic and non–disease-endemic areas. We report the case of a 32-year-old man who after visiting Chicago, Illinois, USA, returned to India and received ...
Anil Kumar, Akhilesh Kunoor, Malini Eapen, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Anuradha Chowdhary   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geographic Distribution of Endemic Fungal Infections among Older Persons, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
To investigate the epidemiology and geographic distribution of histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, and blastomycosis in older persons in the United States, we evaluated a random 5% sample of national Medicare data from 1999 through 2008.
John W. Baddley, Kevin L. Winthrop, Nivedita M. Patkar, Elizabeth Delzell, Timothy Beukelman, Fenglong Xie, Lang Chen, Jeffrey R. Curtis   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatal Pulmonary Failure—A Rare Case of Blastomycosis Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Blastomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, primarily found in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. It often presents nonspecific symptoms, and while pulmonary involvement is common, progression to acute ...
Sinen Zeleke MD, Leen Kayali MD, Ean Bills MD, Saron Tigabe MD, Andy White BS, Victoria Watson MD, Fuad Zeid MD, MSc, FACCP, Zakaria Alagha MD, MSc   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Insurance Claims Data to Estimate Blastomycosis Incidence, Vermont, USA, 2011–2020

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The epidemiology of blastomycosis in Vermont, USA, is poorly understood. Using insurance claims data, we estimated the mean annual blastomycosis incidence was 1.8 patients/100,000 persons during 2011–2020.
Brian F. Borah, Paul Meddaugh, Veronica Fialkowski, Natalie Kwit   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genomic Epidemiology of Large Blastomycosis Outbreak, Ontario, Canada, 2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Using phylogenomic analysis, we provide genomic epidemiology analysis of a large blastomycosis outbreak in Ontario, Canada, caused by Blastomyces gilchristii.
Lisa R. McTaggart, Nobish Varghese, Karthikeyan Sivaraman, Samir N. Patel, Julianne V. Kus   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes of patients with blastomycosis-associated respiratory failure requiring veno-venous ECMO: a case series

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Blastomycosis can result in lung injury with high mortality rates. The literature on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) used as a rescue therapy is limited to case reports and small case series collected over extended time periods.
Roman Melamed, David M. Tierney, Summer Martins, Clara Zamorano, Madison Hahn, Ramiro Saavedra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disseminated blastomycosis in pregnancy presenting with arthritis and cutaneous lesions. [PDF]

IDCases
Eldos B, Al-Magableh M.
europepmc   +1 more source