Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis in Dogs Jaime Green Volunteer State Community College 15 April 2017 Blastomycosis, also known as North American Blastomycosis and Gilchrist’s Disease in humans, is a fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces Dermatitidis. This fungus occurs naturally in North America and infections are most often seen in geographic areas located near water, such as Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri river basins. This systemic yeast like fungal infection occurs more frequently in male dogs, but females can also contract the illness. Blastomycosis is most often diagnosed in large breed dogs weighing 25 kg or more and especially seen in sporting breeds. These dogs are more often exposed to areas where Blastomyces…

histopathology in diagnosing infectious disease have it all establish, and how the diagnostic histopathology is being developed more rapidly and specific. And if microbiologist, pathologists and clinicians work together they can easily diagnose difficult diseases. 19. Please list and define any new vocabulary term you learned by reading this article (Please list at least 5 vocabulary terms ) Candida Albicans: It’s a yeast infection, a fungal infection on skin or mucous membranes that is caused…

are some side effects of this therapeutic. Posoconazole It is the 2nd gen, lipophilic antifungal Triazole having similar structure to itraconazole has in vitro activity against invasive Aspergillus, Cryptococcus, and Histoplasma and Candida spp. Infections. That was approved by the FDA in 2006. It has good protection against zygomycetes than voriconazole. Its therapeutic side effects include gastrointestinal with transaminase elevation (14%) and hyperbilirubinemia (3%), gastrointestinal…