"Blastomycosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A fungal infection that may appear in two forms: 1, a primary lesion characterized by the formation of a small cutaneous nodule and small nodules along the lymphatics that may heal within several months; and 2, chronic granulomatous lesions characterized by thick crusts, warty growths, and unusual vascularity and infection in the middle or upper lobes of the lung.
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D001759
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.800.200.055 C01.703.295.055 C01.703.534.395 C08.381.472.350 C08.730.435.395 C17.800.838.208.055
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blastomycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Autochthonous Blastomyces dermatitidis, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Dec; 30(12):2577-2582.
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Disseminated blastomycosis in a kidney transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Aug; 23(4):e13618.
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Atypical Laryngeal Infections: Localized Lesions from Unusual Organisms May Simulate Malignancy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2020 Jan; 129(1):82-86.
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Primary Cutaneous Blastomycosis After Inoculation From A Woodworking Blade. J Emerg Med. 2018 Jan; 54(1):e11-e12.
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Blastomycosis: contributions of morphology to diagnosis: a surgical pathology, cytopathology, and autopsy pathology study. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Apr; 31(4):615-23.
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Blastomyces antigen detection for monitoring progression of blastomycosis in a pregnant adolescent. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2007; 2007:89059.
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Thoracic blastomycosis and empyema. JSLS. 1999 Jan-Mar; 3(1):75-8.
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Intracranial blastomycosis presenting as a suprasellar mass: MR findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1997 Sep-Oct; 21(5):845-7.
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Pneumonia and infraorbital abscess in a 29-year-old diabetic pregnant woman. Chest. 1995 Jun; 107(6):1752-4.
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Cerebral blastomycoma after ketoconazole therapy for respiratory tract blastomycosis. Am J Med. 1989 Jun; 86(6 Pt 1):713-4.