[PDF][PDF] Retropharyngeal Blastomycosis Abscess Causing Osteomyelitis, Discitis, Cervical Deformity, and Cervical Epidural Abscess: A Case Report

F Azam, WH Hicks, MN Pernik, K Hoes, R Payne - Cureus, 2023 - cureus.com
Blastomycosis infection is caused by the inhalation of the spores of the dimorphic
Blastomyces sp. fungus. While more commonly a self-limited infection of the lungs …

[PDF][PDF] Surgery for blastomycosis of the spine

JR Dimar, RM Puno, MR Nowacki, LY Carreon - Am J Orthop, 2014 - cdn.mdedge.com
Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection that primarily produces acute lung infections but may
disseminate to multiple sites, including the spine. Once vertebral involvement occurs, an …

Blastomycosis presenting with acute airway obstruction from a retropharyngeal abscess and complicated by severe hypokalemia during posaconazole therapy: a case …

JJ Hanna, JM Guastadisegni, MA Kouma… - Open Forum …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We report a case of cervical blastomycosis with associated paravertebral involvement and
severe spinal canal stenosis in a 48-year-old patient presenting with acute airway …

Bronchoscopy reveals a diagnostic headache: A case of central nervous system blastomycosis

JH Lyou, J Longoria, M Davoudi - A63. CASE REPORTS: FUNGAL, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Blastomyces dermatitidis via inhalation of the fungal spores from the environment.
Blastomycosis most commonly affects the lungs, but other organs can be involved through …

Disseminated blastomycosis presenting as mastoiditis and epidural abscess

CA Makary, TD Roberts, SJ Wetmore - West Virginia Medical Journal, 2014 - go.gale.com
Blastomycosis is a systemic fungal infection that affects primarily the lungs. Head and neck
involvement has been reported most commonly in the larynx as well as oral and nasal …

Central nervous system blastomycosis with multiple brain abscesses presenting as right upper extremity weakness

D Ryan, WC Lippert, AJ Fenwick, M Bhatt… - The …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Blastomycosis is a mycotic infection that typically affects the lung, but that can have
dermatologic, orthopedic, genitourinary, and central nervous system manifestations …

[HTML][HTML] A rare presentation of blastomycosis as a multi-focal infection involving the spine, pleura, lungs, and psoas muscles in a Saudi male patient: a case report

S Eldaabossi, M Saad, H Aljawad… - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 - Springer
Background Blastomycosis is a disease caused by the fungus Blastomyces—a thermally
dimorphic fungus that can cause granulomatous and/or purulent infection. Case …

An unusual case of disseminated blastomycosis presenting with hoarseness and odynophagia

H Jenad, R Vassallo, U Specks - TP98. TP098 FUNGUS AMONG …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Introduction: Blastomycosis is a systemic infection that most commonly involves the lungs.
Extrapulmonary dissemination usually affects the skin, bone, genitourinary tract, and central …

Successful treatment of osseous blastomycosis without pulmonary or disseminated disease and review of the literature

SR Day, DB Weiss, KC Hazen, CC Moore - Diagnostic microbiology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Blastomycosis commonly occurs following inhalation of Blastomyces dermatitidis conidia
causing a pulmonary infection and can disseminate to extrapulmonary sites. Osseous …

Disseminated blastomycosis in a 36-year-old immunocompetent male from Chicago, IL

A Goico, J Henao, K Tejada - Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces species. This infection is
endemic to North America particularly states bordering the Mississippi, Ohio and St …