PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kane, J.
AU  - Righter, J.
AU  - Krajden, S.
AU  - Lester, R. S.
TI  - Blastomycosis: a new endemic focus in Canada
DP  - 1983 Oct 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 728--731
VI  - 129
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/129/7/728.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/129/7/728.full
SO  - CMAJ1983 Oct 01; 129
AB  - A survey of the 38 patients resident in Ontario from whose sputum, body fluids or tissues Blastomyces dermatitidis was cultured by our laboratory between 1970 and 1981 revealed a new endemic focus to the north and east of Lake Superior, where 20 of 27 traceable patients lived. Direct microscopy revealed B. dermatitidis in 90% of the cases. A lack of clinical awareness, however, had often resulted in a delay (average 15 weeks) in diagnosis. In two cases the disease was identified only at autopsy. About 80% of the patients survived.