Clinical manifestations and treatment of blastomycosis

JA McBride, GM Gauthier… - Clinics in chest …, 2017 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Blastomyces dermatitidisandBlastomyces gilchristii are the causal agents of blastomycosis.
Blastomyces spp are thermally dimorphic fungi that grow as a filamentous mold in the …

Disseminated blastomycosis

S Hashim, C Barrios - IDCases, 2020 - Elsevier
Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, a dimorphic fungus
endemic in the soils of the Ohio and Mississippi River Vallys, Great Lakes region, and …

Intracranial blastomycoma

KL ROOS, JOEP BRYAN, WW MAGGIO, JA JANE… - Medicine, 1987 - journals.lww.com
Blastomyces dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus that causes a chronic infection characterized
by suppurating and granulomatous lesions in skin, bone, lung, genitourinary organs, and …

Disseminated Blastomycosis Mimicking Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer in a 70‐year‐Old Man

BC Braman, K Amin, SF Khaja - The Laryngoscope, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Blastomycosis is a fungal infection known to mimic many disease processes, including
malignancy. A 70‐year‐old man presented with an enlarging neck mass and, incidentally …

Systemic Blastomycosis with Osseous Involvement of the Foot-A Case Report

JH Cho, JS Suh, JH Kim - Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society, 2005 - koreascience.kr
We report a patient who presented with three months of foot pain, lytic navicular bone
lesions in the foot, and a painless ipsilateral leg skin ulcer. Bone and skin biopsies revealed …

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 …

Blastomycosis of bones and joints

M Oppenheimer, JM Embil, B Black, L Wiebe… - Southern medical …, 2007 - go.gale.com
A retrospective study of 45 patients hospitalized with blastomycosis of bones or joints
revealed 41 cases of osteomyelitis and 12 cases of septic arthritis. The majority were men …

Spondylodiscitis due to an emergent fungal pathogen: Blastoschizomyces capitatus, a case report and review of the literature

AD Celik, R Ozaras, S Kantarcioglu, A Mert… - Rheumatology …, 2009 - Springer
The study includes a case report and a literature review. The main objective of this study is
to present a case of spondylodiscitis due to a fungal pathogen, Blastoschizomyces capitatus …

Successful use of posaconazole for treatment of blastomycosis

LA Proia, DO Harnisch - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
A48-year-old male construction worker developed left hip pain of 6 months duration.
Magnetic resonance imaging showed a destructive lesion in the left ischium with overlying …

Cerebral blastomycosis: a case report.

B Chander, P Deb, C Sarkar, A Garg… - Indian Journal of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Blastomycosis is a chronic systemic fungal infection characteristically affecting the skin and
lungs. Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) is unusual, with cases generally …