Cutaneous blastomycosis without evidence of pulmonary involvement

TS Clinton, AL Timko - Military medicine, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Blastomycosis is an infection that is often associated with recent military, occupational, or
recreational activities near damp soil in various endemic regions, including the Great Lakes …

Risk factors of severe blastomycosis and comparison of diagnosis and outcomes between immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients

E Villacorta Cari, N Leedy, JA Ribes, J Soria, T Myint - Mycoses, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Blastomycosis is an endemic fungal infection that causes pulmonary and
systemic disease. It can occur irrespective of the patient's immune status. The risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] Blastomycosis misdiagnosed as tuberculosis, India

A Kumar, A Kunoor, M Eapen, PK Singh… - Emerging Infectious …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Review of Cutaneous Blastomycosis Seen in Wisconsin

N Punyamurthy, K Katz, A Vu, N Duncan… - … : Official Publication of …, 2024 - wmjonline.org
Introduction: Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis that is
hyperendemic in Wisconsin. It commonly presents as a pulmonary infection and frequently …

[PDF][PDF] Blastomycosis: case report of an isolated lesion in the distal fibula

AA Jahangir, RK Heck - Am J Orthop, 2010 - cdn.mdedge.com
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatitidis) is a fungal infection that occurs primarily in the
lungs, but 15% to 60% of patients with systemic blastomycosis have skeletal involvement …

Clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with pulmonary blastomycosis

D Kralt, B Light, M Cheang, T MacNair, L Wiebe… - Mycopathologia, 2009 - Springer
Background Blastomycosis is an uncommon granulomatous infection caused by the
thermally dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. The most frequent clinical infections …

Pulmonary blastomycosis: a new endemic area in N ew Y ork state

N Permpalung, Q Kaewpoowat, K Prasidthrathsint… - Mycoses, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We describe three cases of pulmonary blastomycosis in patients from central New York
State (NYS). Two of these cases occurred in 2012, and in patients who resided in the same …

[HTML][HTML] Laryngeal blastomycosis with subsequent heart failure from itraconazole therapy

D Tsang, S Haddad, M Sternlieb - IDCases, 2022 - Elsevier
Blastomycosis is an endemic mycosis in the United States that typically affects the
respiratory tract and presents as a pneumonia. Dissemination can occur to any organ …

Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis mimicking pulmonary tuberculosis

MT Koroscil, A Skabelund - Military Medicine, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Blastomyces dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus endemic to the Mississippi River
valley. We describe a rare case of chronic pulmonary blastomycosis complicated by large …

Disseminated miliary blastomycosis leading to acute respiratory failure in an urban setting

JP Renston, J Morgan, AF DiMarco - Chest, 1992 - Elsevier
Disseminated blastomycosis, usually a chronic slowly progressive illness, primarily occurs in
individuals with a history of exposure to a rural environmental source. We report a case of …