▪ Objective: To describe the clinical, demographic, radiographic, diagnostic, and therapeutic
aspects of blastomycosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).▪ …

Amphotericin B is effective in therapy for blastomycosis but causes a number of serious
adverse reactions. Because ketoconazole has in-vitro activity against Blastomyces …

Clinically, blastomycosis can be difficult to recognize even in the endemic areas where
clinicians are aware of this problem. In only 18% of 123 patients from the University of …

Blastomycosis can only be diagnosed through the identification of the yeasts of Blastomyces
dermatitidis in body fluids, tissues, or cultured material. The charts from 123 patients treated …

In order to clarify the epidemiology and clinical spectrum of endemic blastomycosis, we
reviewed the charts of 326 culture and/or histologically proven cases of blastomycosis in …

Forty-nine episodes of bacteremia and fungemia occurred in 38 of 336 patients with the
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome seen at our institution since 1980. There were five …

Blastomycosis is a uncommonly diagnosed but important fungal infection in the south-
central and midwestern United States. Epidemics related to a point-source exposure …

Excerpt INTRODUCTION North American blastomycosis is recognized as a chronic
granulomatous infection caused by the hyphomycete, Blastomyces dermatitidis. It appears in …

Blastomycosis is a rare but important fungal infection that occurs primarily in the south
central and midwestern United States. Epidemics of blastomycosis related to a point-source …

Excerpt In the southeastern and central areas of the United States, Blastomyces dermatitidis
is a well-recognized cause of infection in dogs as well as humans. Despite close contact …