Blastomycosis

Introduction: Blastomycosis

Description of Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis (medical condition): A fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis and resulting in lung, skin, bone and genitourinary involvement.

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Blastomycosis:
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Blastomycosis: A chronic granulomatous and suppurative disease caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis; originates as a respiratory infection and disseminates, usually with pulmonary, osseous, or cutaneous involvement predominating. Formerly called North American blastomycosis, the disease now has been found in African countries as well as in Canada and the U. S. SYN: Gilchrist disease.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Blastomycosis: any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Blastomycosis: infection caused by fungi of the genus Blastomyces.
Source: Diseases Database

Blastomycosis: infection caused by fungi of the genus Blastomyces.
Source: CRISP

Blastomycosis: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Blastomycosis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Blastomycosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Blastomycosis, or a subtype of Blastomycosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Blastomycosis as a Disease

Blastomycosis (medical condition): See Blastomycosis (disease information).
  »Introduction: Blastomycosis
  »Symptoms of Blastomycosis

More information on medical condition: Blastomycosis:

• Information about Blastomycosis
• Basic Summary for Blastomycosis
• Risk Factors for Blastomycosis
• Symptoms of Blastomycosis
• Complications of Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Blastomycosis:

• bacterial pneumonia
• ARDS
• bony lytic lesions
• hoarseness of voice
• lung cancer
• tuberculosis
• tachyapnea
• hypoxia
• hypoxemia
• prostatitis

Terms associated with Blastomycosis:

Terms Similar to Blastomycosis:

• Blastomycosis, North American

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Blastomycosis:

• chromoblastomycosis

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Blastomycosis

• Dermatomycoses
• Mycoses

Source - MeSH 2007

• mycosis

Source - CRISP

• fungal infection
• mycosis

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Blastomycosis can be used for:

• paracoccidiodomycosis
• paracoccidioidal mycosis
• paracoccidioidomycosis

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Blastomycosis:

• Blastomyces dermatitidis

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Blastomycosis

The following list attempts to classify Blastomycosis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• fungal infection,mycosis
• zymosis
• infection
• pathologic process,pathological process
• biological process,organic process
• process
• phenomenon

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Infection
    • Skin Diseases, Infectious
      • Dermatomycoses
        • Blastomycosis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Mycoses
    • Blastomycosis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Mycoses
    • Dermatomycoses
      • Blastomycosis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
  • Skin Diseases
    • Skin Diseases, Infectious
      • Dermatomycoses
        • Blastomycosis

External links related to: Blastomycosis

• eMedicine - Blastomycosis : Article by Avinash Shetty, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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