Clinical Manifestations and Treatment of Blastomycosis
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Clinical Manifestations and Treatment of Blastomycosis.
The causal agents of blastomycosis, Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomyces gilchristii, belong to a group of thermally dimorphic fungi that can infect healthy and immunocompromised individuals. Following inhalation of mycelial fragments and spores into the lungs, Blastomyces spp convert into pathogenic yeast and evade host immune defenses to cause pneumonia and disseminated disease. The clini...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics in Chest Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0272-5231
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.006