Expanding epidemiology of blastomycosis: clinical features and investigation of 2 cases in Colorado.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2000
Abstract
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 Range region of the Rocky Mountains. The patients were coworkers engaged in a prairie dog relocation project. In the course of this work, they had extensive contact with contaminated soil. Significantly above-average rainfall before the exposure may have contributed to favorable conditions for sporulation of the fungus.
Volume
30
Issue
3
First Page
582
Last Page
584
ISSN
1058-4838
Published In/Presented At
De Groote, M. A., Bjerke, R., Smith, H., & Rhodes III, L. V. (2000). Expanding epidemiology of blastomycosis: clinical features and investigation of 2 cases in Colorado. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 30(3), 582–584. https://doi.org/10.1086/313717
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
10722448
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article