Blastomycosis, also known as Gilchrist's disease, is a fungal infection, typically of the lungs, which can spread to brain, stomach, intestine and skin, where it appears as crusting purplish warty plaques with a roundish bumpy edge and central depression.

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. About half of people who are infected with Blastomyces have symptoms. People with weakened immune systems are at risk for severe infections.

2024年10月30日 · Blastomycosis is an infection you get from the fungus Blastomyces. Blastomyces lives in moist soil in parts of North America. It’s too small to see, so you can breathe it into your lungs without knowing it. There, it can grow and make you sick. It sometimes spreads to your skin or other parts of your body. What is blastomycosis?

2024年4月24日 · Blastomycosis is an endemic community-acquired pneumonia in some parts of the U.S. It is often misdiagnosed, or diagnosis is delayed. While it only causes symptoms in about 50% of people, those with weakened immune systems can …

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 blastomycosis, or...

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. <em> Blastomyces, </em> the fungus that causes blastomycosis, spreads in the environment in …

2023年8月8日 · Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. It presents as a pulmonary infection after the inhalation of spores, and it may be either asymptomatic or have severe life-threatening complications like …

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...

Blastomycosis is a fungal infection. Blastomycosis is caused by a dimorphic (has two forms) fungus termed Blastomyces dermatitidis. Risk factors include immunocompromised patients, and traveling or living in densely wooded areas.

Blastomycosis is endemic to North America, particularly states/provinces bordering the Mississippi, Ohio and St. Lawrence Rivers, and the Great Lakes. The clinical manifestations of blastomycosis are broad, ranging from asymptomatic infection to acute respiratory distress syndrome and death.