title: Accidental inoculation blastomycosis.
abstract: The pathogenesis of blastomycosis as a primary pulmonary infection has been well established and widely accepted. The rate cases of primary cutaneous inoculation are in all documented instances related to "laboratory" accidents. A case of inoculation with a culture suspension of Blastomyces Dermatitidis is herein reported. A slow healing chancre remained active for about eight months.
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D001344:Autopsy; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*