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Features symptoms, cause, prevention, treatment, risks, diagnosis, and prognosis.

Provides information on this pulmonary disease caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis, its endemic area, symptoms and signs, diagnosis and treatment.

Article by Basil Varkey, MD, FRCPC, FCCP.

Article by Avinash Shetty, MD.

Provides general information on this disease caused by a fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis, found in moist soil containing decomposing organic debris.

Factsheet on this fungal disease, its signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, occurrence and prevention.