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.
MacDonald
Pia D M
PD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. pia@email.unc.edu
Langley
Rick L
RL
Gerkin
Susan R
SR
Torok
Michelle R
MR
MacCormack
J Newton
JN
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001758:Blastomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population