| blastomycosis: report of the first case from alberta canada. | the first known case of laboratory confirmed blastomycosis in alberta occurred in 1970. the patient, who is believed never to have left alberta, presented with of headaches, sore neck and impaired intellect. initially, tuberculous or cryptococcal meningitis was suspected, but laboratory findings did not support the diagnosis. a fungus resembling blastomyces dermatitidis was isolated from the venticular cerebrospinal fluid and lung at autopsy. a few yeast cells suggestive of b. dermatitidis were ... | 1982 | 6813742 |
| blastomycosis: report of three cases from alberta with a review of canadian cases. | approximately 120 cases of blastomycosis have been reported from canada to-date. the great majority of these occurred in the eastern provinces. since 1970, three cases of blastomycosis have been seen in alberta. the first case, with meningeal and pulmonary involvements, was diagnosed at post-mortem. the second case was that of a 75-year-old male with a history of pancytopenia, aortic arteriosclerosis, exposure to mercury, and fever. koh and periodic-acid schiff (pas) stained smears of the lung t ... | 1979 | 91108 |