Blastomyces dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus that causes blastomycosis, an invasive and often serious fungal infection found occasionally in humans and other animals. (wikipedia.org)
Blastomyces dermatitidis is the causal agent of blastomycosis, a potentially very serious disease that typically begins with a characteristically subtle pneumonia-like infection that may progress, after 1-6 months, to a disseminated phase that causes lesions to form in capillary beds throughout the body, most notably the skin, internal organs, central nervous system and bone marrow. (wikipedia.org)
Blastomycosis, caused by the fungus Blastomyces , is a rare hospitalization, including one adult patient who died. (cdc.gov)
Blastomyces is also found in other ing the preceding 10 years, although one dog reportedly died of midwestern, south-central, and southeastern states, and lives in blastomycosis during the previous year. (cdc.gov)
Blastomycosis usually begins with mild respiratory might have dispersed Blastomyces spores. (cdc.gov)
In response to this cluster, Wisconsin DHS and DATCP issued smear, histopathology, identification of Blastomyces -specific nucleic alerts to physicians and veterinarians in the surrounding counties, acids through polymerase chain reaction or DNA probe, antigen emphasizing the importance of timely diagnosis and treatment assay, or antibody detection by immunodiffusion or enzyme of blastomycosis. (cdc.gov)
Blastomycosis is a systemic pyogranulomatous infection usually caused by the inhalation of (spores) conidia of Blastomyces dermatitidis . (medscape.com)
Other sites - Blastomycosis dermatitidis has been reported to involve almost all organs including the eye, liver, sleep, breast, thyroid, and adrenal gland. (medscape.com)
Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by inhalation of aerosolized conidia (spores) of Blastomyces dermatitidis . (medscape.com)
Blastomycosis is a systemic pyogranulomatous infection, involving primarily the lungs, that follows inhalation of the conidia of Blastomyces dermatitidis . (mhmedical.com)
Etiologic agent1
Blastomyces dermatitidis is the etiologic agent of blas- patient. (cdc.gov)
Systemic mycoses1
Orofacial lesions caused by the main systemic mycoses may occasionally be seen in isolation, but they are typically associated with lesions elsewhere, mainly in the respiratory tract. (medscape.com)
Coccidioides1
Because the causative fungus, blastomyces dermatitidis, and coccidioides immitis should be considered for a new method for estimating the relative - or - dr haplotypes. (albionfoundation.org)
Fungus1
The sexual form of this fungus was formerly known as Ajellomyces dermatitidis. (wikipedia.org)
Paracoccidioides2
Along with two other important human-pathogenic fungi, Histoplasma capsulatum, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Polytolypa hystricis, species of Blastomyces belong to the family Ajellomycetaceae. (wikipedia.org)
Moreover, the content of chitin in the hyphal walls of Candida albicans is three times higher than that of other yeasts [ 7 ] , whereas, in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Blastomyces dermatitidis , it is 25-30% higher than that in the yeast phase [ 8 ] . (encyclopedia.pub)
B. dermatitidis exhibits thermal dimorphism, growing as the mycelial phase at room temperature and as the yeast phase at 37°C. Primary isolation in the laboratory is most dependable for the mycelial phase incubated at 30°C. Definitive identification usually requires conversion to the yeast phase at 37°C or-now more commonly-the use of nucleic acid amplification techniques that detect mycelial-phase growth. (mhmedical.com)
Spores1
Environmental assessments identified a river and unpaved typically occur when Blastomyces spores are inhaled. (cdc.gov)
Ajellomyces1
B. dermatitidis is the asexual state of Ajellomyces dermatitidis . (mhmedical.com)
Organism1
Blastomyces dermatitidis itself is a sexual organism, occurring in nature as both a + mating type and a − mating type. (wikipedia.org)
Trichosporon2
Co-isolation of Trichosporon inkin and Candida parapsilosis from a scalp white piedra case. (atlasclinicalfungi.org)
Molecular identification and susceptibility of Trichosporon species isolated from clinical specimens in Qatar: isolation of Trichosporon dohaense Taj-Aldeen, Meis & Boekhout sp. (atlasclinicalfungi.org)
Diagnosis1
Delayed diagnosis, difficulty isolating Blastomyces dermati- patients or family members of dead patients were inter- tidis in nature, and lack of a sensitive and specific test to viewed by using a standardized questionnaire. (cdc.gov)
Species2
In 2013, a second species was described in the genus Blastomyces, B. gilchristii, which subsumes certain strains previously assigned to B. dermatitidis. (wikipedia.org)