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Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002
We investigated a cluster of blastomycosis in 8 humans and 4 dogs in a rural North Carolina community. Delayed diagnosis, difficulty isolating Blastomyces dermatitidis in nature, and lack of a sensitive and specific test to assess exposure make outbreaks of this disease difficult to study.
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291202/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16965704 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1208.050781 |
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author | MacDonald, Pia D.M. Langley, Rick L. Gerkin, Susan R. Torok, Michelle R. MacCormack, J. Newton |
author_facet | MacDonald, Pia D.M. Langley, Rick L. Gerkin, Susan R. Torok, Michelle R. MacCormack, J. Newton |
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description | We investigated a cluster of blastomycosis in 8 humans and 4 dogs in a rural North Carolina community. Delayed diagnosis, difficulty isolating Blastomyces dermatitidis in nature, and lack of a sensitive and specific test to assess exposure make outbreaks of this disease difficult to study. |
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spelling | pubmed-32912022012-03-05 Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 MacDonald, Pia D.M. Langley, Rick L. Gerkin, Susan R. Torok, Michelle R. MacCormack, J. Newton Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We investigated a cluster of blastomycosis in 8 humans and 4 dogs in a rural North Carolina community. Delayed diagnosis, difficulty isolating Blastomyces dermatitidis in nature, and lack of a sensitive and specific test to assess exposure make outbreaks of this disease difficult to study. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3291202/ /pubmed/16965704 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1208.050781 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Dispatch MacDonald, Pia D.M. Langley, Rick L. Gerkin, Susan R. Torok, Michelle R. MacCormack, J. Newton Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
title | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
title_full | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
title_fullStr | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
title_full_unstemmed | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
title_short | Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002 |
title_sort | human and canine pulmonary blastomycosis, north carolina, 2001–2002 |
topic | Dispatch |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291202/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16965704 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1208.050781 |
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