Blastomyces dermatitidis
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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
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2021