A 17-year-old male presented to a local hospital with symptoms of pneumonia and a
hacking cough productive of yellow sputum. Direct examination of a bronchial lavage …

Two friends, one with AIDS, developed severe pulmonary blastomycosis but differed
markedly in clinical course. The human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient responded …

A 42-year-old, African-American man presented with a 2-month history of weight loss and
fever for 2 weeks. Presumptive diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) …

Two men with AIDS developed fungal infections and subsequently died as a result of
dissemination of the fungal infection. Findings obtained by histologic examination …

▪ Objective: To describe the clinical, demographic, radiographic, diagnostic, and therapeutic
aspects of blastomycosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).▪ …

Blastomycosis can only be diagnosed through the identification of the yeasts of Blastomyces
dermatitidis in body fluids, tissues, or cultured material. The charts from 123 patients treated …

Panpanicolau staining of BAL specimen revealed numerous yeasts with thick, refractile cell
walls characteristic of B dermatitidis. Blastomycosis is the least common of all the endemic …

Blastomycosis is caused by the inhalation of spores of the dimorphic fungus, Blastomyces
dermatitidis. The reporting of this disease is not required by all states. The diagnosis is …

Blastomycosis is one of the endemic mycoses in the central United States, caused by a
dimorphic fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis, that exists in nature in mycelial phase and …

SIR-We report the case ofa patient previously treated for pulmonary blastomycosis who
presented with maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis; only one previous case ofbiastomycotic …