PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Boswell, Elizabeth
AU  - Aziz, Hassan
TI  - Blastomycosis: A Case Study of a Dimorphic Fungal Disease
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.17.3.145
DP  - 2004 Jul 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 145--148
VI  - 17
IP  - 3
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/17/3/145.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/17/3/145.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2004 Jul 01; 17
AB  - 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.