"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blastomycosis" by people in Profiles.
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Complicated Blastomycosis of the Skull Base Presenting as Otitis Media. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 01 01; 146(1):81-82.
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Pleural Effusion in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Blastomycosis. Acta Cytol. 2020; 64(3):241-247.
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Disseminated Cutaneous Blastomycosis. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 05; 379(1):74.
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Blastomyces Tenosynovitis of the Foot and Ankle: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2015 Nov-Dec; 54(6):1183-7.
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Blastomycosis of bone: a clinicopathologic study. Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Nov; 142(5):609-16.
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Successful use of posaconazole for treatment of blastomycosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jul; 56(7):4029.
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Blastomycosis of the central nervous system: a multicenter review of diagnosis and treatment in the modern era. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Mar 15; 50(6):797-804.
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Diagnosis of blastomycosis in surgical pathology and cytopathology: correlation with microbiologic culture. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Feb; 34(2):256-61.
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Classic pyomyositis of the extremities as an unusual manifestation of Blastomyces dermatitidis: a report of two cases. Mycoses. 2010 Jul; 53(4):356-9.
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Voriconazole use for endemic fungal infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Apr; 53(4):1648-51.