A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION OF SYSTEMIC BLASTOMYCOSIS

Some factors affecting survival in systemic blastomycosis.

T he finding of over 200 proved cases of blastomycosis in the state of Kentucky has aflorded interesting material to study the survival rates and factors affecting survival rates in this systemic fungus disease. The question of survival in blastomycosis is still subject to some controversy since in the original series reported by Martin and Smith1 of 117 cases in 1939, some 92 per cent of whom ...

Cutaneous blastomycosis: a clue to a systemic disease*

A 55-year-old male presented with back pain and slightly tender annular plaques with central ulceration on his face. A skin biopsy revealed scattered yeast with broad based buds. A CT scan of the abdomen revealed a pathologic T12 fracture. Tissue obtained from the spine confirmed budding yeasts. The patient was diagnosed with disseminated blastomycosis. The patient was treated with amphotericin...

Blastomycosis.

Blastomycosis is an endemic fungal infection due to Blastomyces dermatitidis that most commonly causes pneumonia; but the organism can disseminate to any organ system, most commonly the skin, bones/joints, and genitourinary tract. Both immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons can be infected, but more severe disease occurs in the immunocompromised. Blastomycosis can be diagnosed by culture...

A Case of Generalised Blastomycosis

Clinical aspects of blastomycosis.

Blastomycosis is a specific granulomatous disease which tends to be chronic and indolent. It frequently presents in extrapulmonary form by means of haematogenous dissemination from the lungs. It has been shown that tuberculosis, histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis are, in the majority of cases, mild and subclinical in effect and often heal without therapy. It is probable that blastomycosis be...