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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
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Blastomycosis granuloma involving the cranial vena cava associated with chylothorax and cranial vena caval syndrome in a dog [PDF]

, 2000
A four-year-old, sexually intact, male dachshund was diagnosed with pulmonary blastomycosis. Itraconazole was administered for 60 days, and the dog was considered to be disease-free at three- and 12-month reevaluations.
Howard, J., Arceneaux, K.A., Paugh-Partington, B., Oliver, J.   +3 more
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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
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Treatment of pulmonary blastomycosis with high-dose liposomal amphotericin B in a patient receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

, 2019
Blastomycosis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has a rare incidence. We report the case of a 29-year-old man with blastomycosis-associated ARDS receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and managed with high-dose liposomal ...
Gurnani, Payal K, Ammar, Mahmoud A, Servais, Ryan   +2 more
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Patellar blastomycosis in a dog

, 2009
A 4-year-old, spayed female, mixed-breed dog was presented for evaluation of chronic left hind-limb lameness. Lytic lesions were observed in the left patella on radiographs of the stifle.

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North American blastomycosis in an immunocompromised patient.

, 2019
Blastomycosis is a subacute or chronic deep mycosis caused by a dimorphic fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis, that generally produces a pulmonary form of the disease and, to a lesser extent, extrapulmonary forms, such as cutaneous, osteoarticular, and ...
Patel, Mayha, Lander, Jeffrey K
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Blastomycosis of the spine with paraplegia [PDF]

, 2018
A case of blastomycosis with vertebral and visceral involvement is ...
Osmond, J.D., Ville, W., Dunbar, J.M., Schweitzer, G., Path, M.R.C.   +4 more
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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
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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
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Canine Blastomycosis [PDF]

, 2014
Canine blastomycosis is a chronic disseminated or localized mycotic infection caused by Blastomyces dematitidus. it is characterized by the formation of suppurative granulomatous lesions on any part of the body, but with a predilection for the skin ...
Roningen, Bruce
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