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Blastomyces helicus, a New Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Pulmonary and Systemic Disease in Humans and Animals in Western Canada and the United States

BACKGROUND: Blastomyces helicus (formerly Emmonsia helica) is a dimorphic fungus first isolated from a man with fungal encephalitis in Alberta, Canada. The geographic range, epidemiology, and clinical features of disease are unknown. METHODS: We reviewed human and veterinary isolates of B. helicus i...

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Ilan S, Wiederhold, Nathan P, Hanson, Kimberly E, Patterson, Thomas F, Sigler, Lynne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6321858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29878145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy483