Emerging fungal infections: new patients, new patterns, and new pathogens

DZP Friedman, IS Schwartz - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
The landscape of clinical mycology is constantly changing. New therapies for malignant and
autoimmune diseases have led to new risk factors for unusual mycoses. Invasive …

Blastomycosis

PB Mazi, AM Rauseo, A Spec - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2021 - id.theclinics.com
Blastomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Blastomyces spp, a thermally
dimorphic fungi that grows as mold in the environment. B dermatitidis is the most common …

Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals a Cryptic Species Blastomyces gilchristii, sp. nov. within the Human Pathogenic Fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis

EM Brown, LR McTaggart, SX Zhang, DE Low… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Analysis of the population genetic structure of microbial species is of
fundamental importance to many scientific disciplines because it can identify cryptic species …

Phylogeny, ecology and taxonomy of systemic pathogens and their relatives in Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales): Blastomyces, Emergomyces, Emmonsia …

Y Jiang, K Dukik, JF Munoz, L Sigler, IS Schwartz… - Fungal Diversity, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The family Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales) includes mammal-associated
pathogens within the genera Blastomyces, Emmonsia, Histoplasma and Paracoccidioides …

Investigating clinical issues by genotyping of medically important fungi: why and how?

A Alanio, M Desnos-Ollivier… - Clinical microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Genotyping studies of medically important fungi have addressed elucidation of outbreaks,
nosocomial transmissions, infection routes, and genotype-phenotype correlations, of which …

Development of a highly sensitive and specific blastomycosis antibody enzyme immunoassay using Blastomyces dermatitidis surface protein BAD-1

SM Richer, ML Smedema, MM Durkin… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Serologic tests for antibodies to Blastomyces dermatitidis are not thought to be useful for the
diagnosis of blastomycosis, in part due to the low sensitivity of immunodiffusion and …

The Dynamic Genome and Transcriptome of the Human Fungal Pathogen Blastomyces and Close Relative Emmonsia

JF Muñoz, GM Gauthier, CA Desjardins, JE Gallo… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Three closely related thermally dimorphic pathogens are causal agents of major fungal
diseases affecting humans in the Americas: blastomycosis, histoplasmosis and …

New developments in blastomycosis

JA Smith, G Gauthier - Seminars in Respiratory and Critical …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Blastomyces dermatitidis, the etiologic agent of blastomycosis, is a thermally dimorphic
fungus that grows as a filamentous mold in the environment and as budding yeast in human …

Phylogeographic Analysis of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii Reveals an Association with North American Freshwater Drainage Basins

LR McTaggart, EM Brown, SE Richardson - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii are dimorphic fungal pathogens that
cause serious pulmonary and systemic infections in humans. Although their natural habitat …

Fun with fungi: a comprehensive review of common fungal organisms encountered in cytology

VF Torous, JA Branda - Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•As minimally invasive techniques are increasingly utilized given improving
sampling methods and low complication rates, cytopathology plays an increasingly vital role …