Blastomyces dermatitidis

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.

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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).
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  Histopathology of blastomycosis of skin. Budding cell of Blastomyces dermatitidis surrounded by neutrophils. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).
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  Histopathology of blastomycosis. Yeast cell of Blastomyces dermatitidis undergoing broad-base budding. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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  This is a photomicrograph of Blastomyces dermatitidis using a cotton blue staining technique. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).
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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).
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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).
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  This photomicrograph depicts the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).
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  Histopathology of blastomycosis, lung of wolf. Yeast cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis. FA stain. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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  Ultrastructural details of Blastomyces dermatitidis including the organism’s aerial hypha, developing sporangia. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).
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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).
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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).
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  "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).
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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).

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