| blastomyces dermatitidis in bats: first report of its isolation from the liver of rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray. | blastomyces dermatitidis is reported for the first time from the liver of rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray (the 'lesser rat-tailed bat'); it was cultured from one of 46 samples of the bat captured on december 10, 1982, from the basement of safdar-jang tomb, a historical monument in new delhi. the fungus was not found in 581 other bats representing r. hardwickei hardwickei, three more insectivorous and one frugivorous species investigated from several sites in delhi and new delhi metropolitan ... | 1985 | 3992429 |
| blastomyces dermatitidis in india: first report of its isolation from clinical material. | the isolation of blastomyces dermatitidis in india is reported from the bronchial aspirate of a female asthmatic patient who had never travelled abroad. the patient was a resident of rodhain, a small town in the district of badaun (uttar pradesh), situated about 250 km south-east of delhi. apart from its demonstration by culture and direct microscopy of a bronchial aspirate, b. dermatitidis was seen microscopically on two occasions in koh wet mounts and smears of sputum stained with periodic aci ... | 1983 | 6415825 |
| isolation of blastomyces dermatitidis from the lungs of a bat, rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray, in delhi. | the isolation of blastomyces dermatitidis is reported from the lungs of one of 155 insectivorous bats, representing rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray, inhabiting the abandoned first floor of a school building in old dehli. the identity of the fungus was based on its gross and microscopic cultural morphology including demonstration of its dimorphic character. it was further confirmed by determination of the capacity of the isolate to produce the "a" exo-antigen specific for b. dermatitidis and ... | 1982 | 7112335 |
| blastomycosis in india: report of an imported case and current status. | we report a case of disseminated blastomycosis in a female resident of delhi, who acquired the infection during travel to the usa, which was successfully treated with oral itraconazole. in addition, we present a critical literature review, indicating that blastomycosis is endemic in india but its areas of endemicity, prevalence, and the natural habitat of the etiologic agent, remain undetermined. the diagnosis of blastomycosis was made by examination of gomori's methenamine silver stained sectio ... | 2013 | 22646243 |