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The most well known species of the genus is ''Blastomyces dermatitidis''. | The most well known species of the genus is ''Blastomyces dermatitidis''. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
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Image: Blastomycosis35.jpeg|Nodular skin lesions of blastomycosis, one of which is a bullous lesion on top of a nodule. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis34.jpeg|Histopathology of blastomycosis of skin. Budding cell of Blastomyces dermatitidis surrounded by neutrophils. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis33.jpeg|Histopathology of blastomycosis. Yeast cell of Blastomyces dermatitidis undergoing broad-base budding. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis25.jpeg| Note the histopathologic changes seen in blastomycosis due to Blastomyces dermatitidis using methenamine silver stain. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis26.jpeg| Note the histopathologic changes seen in blastomycosis due to Blastomyces dermatitidis using methenamine silver stain.<SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis27.jpeg| Direct FA stain revealing the histopathology of lung tissue blastomycosis due to the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis28.jpeg| Direct FA stain revealing the histopathology of lung tissue blastomycosis due to the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis29.jpeg| This is a photomicrograph of Blastomyces dermatitidis using a cotton blue staining technique. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis30.jpeg|This micrograph shows histopathologic changes that reveal the presence of the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis30.jpeg|This micrograph shows histopathologic changes that reveal the presence of the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis31.jpeg| This photomicrograph depicts the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis32.jpeg|Histopathology of blastomycosis, lung of wolf. Yeast cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis. FA stain. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis02.jpeg| Ultrastructural histopathology in tissue specimen from a patient with a keloidean blastomycosis infection, which was caused by the fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis03.jpeg|Ultrastructural histopathology in a tissue specimen from a patient with a keloidean blastomycosis infection, which was caused by the fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis04.jpeg| Ultrastructural histopathology in a tissue specimen from a patient with a keloidean blastomycosis infection, which was caused by the fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis05.jpeg| H&E-stained photomicrograph reveals ultrastructural histopathology in an dermal skin tissue specimen in a patient with an intradermal keloidean blastomycosis infection, which was caused by the fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis.<SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis08.jpeg| Morphologic changes that took place upon a patient’s arm, which included keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis09.jpeg| Morphologic changes that took place upon a patient’s arm, which included keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis10.jpeg| Ultrastructural histopathology in dermal skin tissue specimen in a patient with an intradermal keloidal blastomycosis infection. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis11.jpeg|Patient’s right knee revealed the keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, which was caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis13.jpeg| Patient’s right knee revealed the keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis15.jpeg|Patient’s right ankle displayed keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis16.jpeg| Ultrastructural details of Blastomyces dermatitidis including the organism’s aerial hypha, developing sporangia. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis17.jpeg|"Digested", and fluorescent antibody-stained photomicrograph reveals the presence of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigens in human lung tissue specimen (562x mag). <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis18.jpeg| "Digested", and fluorescent antibody-stained photomicrograph reveals the presence of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigens in human lung tissue specimen (562x mag). <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis20.jpeg| "Undigested", and fluorescent antibody-stained photomicrograph reveals presence of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigens in human lung tissue specimen (125x mag). <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Blastomycosis21.jpeg|Gamori-stained photomicrograph of a canine liver tissue specimen, revealed the presence of budding Blastomyces dermatitidis fungal cells of various sizes (500x mag). <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
</gallery> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{MeshName|Blastomyces}} | * {{MeshName|Blastomyces}} |
Revision as of 19:05, 17 June 2015
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Blastomyces is a fungal genus responsible for the medical condition Blastomycosis.
The most well known species of the genus is Blastomyces dermatitidis.
Gallery
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Nodular skin lesions of blastomycosis, one of which is a bullous lesion on top of a nodule. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Histopathology of blastomycosis of skin. Budding cell of Blastomyces dermatitidis surrounded by neutrophils. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Histopathology of blastomycosis. Yeast cell of Blastomyces dermatitidis undergoing broad-base budding. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Note the histopathologic changes seen in blastomycosis due to Blastomyces dermatitidis using methenamine silver stain. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Note the histopathologic changes seen in blastomycosis due to Blastomyces dermatitidis using methenamine silver stain.From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Direct FA stain revealing the histopathology of lung tissue blastomycosis due to the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Direct FA stain revealing the histopathology of lung tissue blastomycosis due to the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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This is a photomicrograph of Blastomyces dermatitidis using a cotton blue staining technique. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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This micrograph shows histopathologic changes that reveal the presence of the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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This micrograph shows histopathologic changes that reveal the presence of the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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This photomicrograph depicts the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Histopathology of blastomycosis, lung of wolf. Yeast cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis. FA stain. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Ultrastructural histopathology in tissue specimen from a patient with a keloidean blastomycosis infection, which was caused by the fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Ultrastructural histopathology in a tissue specimen from a patient with a keloidean blastomycosis infection, which was caused by the fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Ultrastructural histopathology in a tissue specimen from a patient with a keloidean blastomycosis infection, which was caused by the fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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H&E-stained photomicrograph reveals ultrastructural histopathology in an dermal skin tissue specimen in a patient with an intradermal keloidean blastomycosis infection, which was caused by the fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis.From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Morphologic changes that took place upon a patient’s arm, which included keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Morphologic changes that took place upon a patient’s arm, which included keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Ultrastructural histopathology in dermal skin tissue specimen in a patient with an intradermal keloidal blastomycosis infection. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Patient’s right knee revealed the keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, which was caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Patient’s right knee revealed the keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Patient’s right ankle displayed keloidal scarring brought on due to a case of cutaneous blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Ultrastructural details of Blastomyces dermatitidis including the organism’s aerial hypha, developing sporangia. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
-
"Digested", and fluorescent antibody-stained photomicrograph reveals the presence of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigens in human lung tissue specimen (562x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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"Digested", and fluorescent antibody-stained photomicrograph reveals the presence of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigens in human lung tissue specimen (562x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
-
"Undigested", and fluorescent antibody-stained photomicrograph reveals presence of Blastomyces dermatitidis antigens in human lung tissue specimen (125x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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Gamori-stained photomicrograph of a canine liver tissue specimen, revealed the presence of budding Blastomyces dermatitidis fungal cells of various sizes (500x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
External links
- Blastomyces at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- http://www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au/Fungal_Descriptions/Dimorphic_Pathogens/Blastomyces/
- http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mycology/mycology-6.htm