
Blastomycosis - Wikipedia
Blastomycosis is caused by dimorphic fungi in the genus Blastomyces, in the phylum Ascomycota and family Ajellomycetaceae. In eastern North America, the most common cause of blastomycosis is Blastomyces dermatitidis, but Blastomyces gilchristii has been associated with some outbreaks.
Clinical Overview of Blastomycosis | Blastomycosis | CDC
2024年4月24日 · Blastomycosis is caused by the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces. Most blastomycosis infections in the United States are caused by B. dermatitidis or B. gilchristii. Recent infections in the western United States have been attributed to a …
Blastomycosis (Gilchrist’s disease): Symptoms & Treatment
2024年10月30日 · Blastomycosis is an illness you get from breathing in the fungus Blastomyces. It can cause flu-like symptoms. It sometimes spreads to other parts of your body.
Blastomycosis | Blastomycosis | CDC
Blastomycosis is a lung infection caused by a fungus that lives in soil in parts of the U.S. Risk for blastomycosis can depend on geography, race, health conditions, type of work and hobbies. …
Blastomycosis Basics | Blastomycosis | CDC
2024年4月24日 · Blastomycosis is a lung infection caused by breathing spores from Blastomyces, a fungus found in soil in some areas. Symptoms include fever, shortness of breath, and cough.
Blastomycosis: Causes, symptoms, treatments, and more
2023年7月3日 · Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by the Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii fungus. Not everybody develops symptoms, but when they do occur, they can include a...
Clinical manifestations and treatment of blastomycosis - PMC
Blastomyces spp. are thermally dimorphic fungi that grow as a filamentous mold in the environment and as a yeast in human tissues. Blastomycosis is endemic to North America, particularly states/provinces bordering the Mississippi, …
Blastomyces - Wikipedia
Blastomyces is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales. Species are known human pathogens and show thermal dimorphism, converting from hyphal states under saprobic conditions to yeast -like states under pathogenic conditions.
What Is Blastomycosis? - WebMD
2023年4月12日 · Blastomycosis is a rare infection caused by a fungus called Blastomyces. Most of the time it infects the lungs. The infection is otherwise known as blasto, North American …
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of blastomycosis
Blastomycosis is a systemic pyogranulomatous infection that arises after inhalation of the conidia of the thermally dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii. Most cases of blastomycosis have been reported in North America. Blastomyces is a member of the family Ajellomycetaceae and order Onygenales.