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Blastomyces dermatitidis
Pathology:
- infection occurs by inhalation of conidia & manifests as acute or chronic pneumonia [1]
- rarely isolated from the blood stream except in immunosuppressed patients
Laboratory:
- Blastomyces dermatitidis antigen
- Blastomyces dermatitidis serology
- Blastomyces dermatitidis rRNA
- Blastomyces dermatitidis (drk1) & Histoplasma capsulatum (gapdh) genes
Related
Blastomyces dermatitidis antibody in serum
Blastomycosis
General
Blastomyces
Properties
KINGDOM: plant
DIVISION: EUMYCOPHYTA
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2021