<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boswell, Elizabeth</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aziz, Hassan</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blastomycosis: A Case Study of a Dimorphic Fungal Disease</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004-07-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">145-148</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.29074/ascls.17.3.145</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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 sample revealed organisms morphologically consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis, which was confirmed by culture. The patient was placed on intravenous antifungal therapy and his condition improved dramatically.OBJECTIVES: to describe the gross and microscopic morphologies of both yeast and mold forms of B. dermatitidis; to identify B. dermatitidis given patient history, and microscopic and colony morphology; to describe the symptoms of primary pulmonary infections caused by B. dermatitidis, and to name additional tissues typically affected by the systemic pathogen.ABBREVIATIONS: AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; ANA = antinuclear antibodies; HSV = herpes simplex virus; KOH = potassium hydroxide; RBC = red blood cell; WBC = white blood cell.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>