| north american blastomycosis: a review. | north american blastomycosis, first reported in 1894, and once thought to be a geographically localized disease, has now been reported worldwide. the greatest number of cases occur in the mississippi, missouri, and ohio river basins. the organism enters the body via the lungs with subsequent dissemination to other organs, including the skin, eyes, bones, and genitourinary system. patients most often present with cutaneous or pulmonary complaints. demonstration of characteristic fungal morphology ... | 1979 | 391499 |
| expanding epidemiology of blastomycosis: clinical features and investigation of 2 cases in colorado. | on the basis of case reports of blastomycosis, blastomyces dermatitidis is widely accepted to be endemic in the central united states in and around the ohio and mississippi river valleys. blastomycosis also occurs in parts of canada and in the southeastern united states. however, there has been no large-scale skin testing, and the environmental range of b. dermatitidis may have been underestimated. we describe 2 immunocompetent patients with blastomycosis acquired while working in the front rang ... | 2000 | 10722448 |