{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Blastomycosis: a case study of a dimorphic fungal disease.
{Author}: Boswell E;Aziz H;
{Journal}: Clin Lab Sci
{Volume}: 17
{Issue}: 3
{Year}: 2004
暂无{Abstract}: A 17-year-old male presented to a local hospital with symptoms of pneumonia and a hacking cough productive of yellow sputum. Direct examination of a bronchial lavage sample revealed organisms morphologically consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis, which was confirmed by culture. The patient was placed on intravenous antifungal therapy and his condition improved dramatically.<BR><B>OBJECTIVE: </B>to describe the gross and microscopic morphologies of both yeast and mold forms of B. dermatitidis; to identify B. dermatitidis given patient history, and microscopic and colony morphology; to describe the symptoms of primary pulmonary infections caused by B. dermatitidis, and to name additional tissues typically affected by the systemic pathogen.