blastomycosis
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- noun
- /ˌblæstəˈmaɪkoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
- The intradermal skin test for blastomycosis has proved to be useless because of its low degree of specificity and sensitivity.
- laryngeal blastomycosis
Examples
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Accurate estimates of its prevalence are difficult to obtain because blastomycosis is not reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Retrospectively, one can appreciate that our patient had a typical presentation of laryngeal blastomycosis.
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By 1998, 72 cases of blastomycosis had been identified in northeast Tennessee.
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Vocal fold involvement is unusual in blastomycosis.
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Some insight into the prevalence of laryngeal blastomycosis has been provided by published reports of two large series.
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Blastomycosis is a chronic fungal disease that primarily affects the lower respiratory tract.
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In northeast Tennessee, 72 patients were diagnosed with blastomycosis from 1980 through 1995; the incidence quadrupled from 1988 through 1995.
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Of 102 patients with blastomycosis who had been treated at the Mayo Clinic, laryngeal involvement was seen in five (4.9%).
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It is possible that her cavitary lesion, weight loss, and night sweats were expressions of pulmonary blastomycosis.
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A few years ago, a man fell ill with blastomycosis, which is caused by a fungal organism.
Synonyms
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An illness a fungus causes in the body, often on the skin or nails
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A disease in a person or animal caused by a fungus
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A skin infection caused by a fungus, often in warm, wet areas under clothing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blastomycosis comes from the name of the fungus Blastomyces: blasto- means 'bud' or 'sprout' (a helpful image is the little buds the fungus makes), myco- means 'fungus' and -osis means 'disease'. So, blastomycosis points to a 'budding fungus disease', which matches its modern meaning as a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces.