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