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Blastomyces helicus, an Emerging Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Causing Fatal Pulmonary and Disseminated Disease in Humans and Animals in Western Canada and United States

BACKGROUND: Blastomyces helicus (formerly Emmonsia helica) is a recently described dimorphic fungus first isolated from a man who died of encephalitis in Alberta, Canada. The geographic range, epidemiology and clinical features are unknown. METHODS: We reviewed clinical and veterinary isolates of Bl...

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Ilan S, Wiederhold, Nathan P, Patterson, Thomas F, Sigler, Lynne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631733/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.030