RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58093801
T1 Lung Infection, Blastomycosis
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58093801
RD 2024/04/25
AB •  Inhalation  of  spores  causes  germination,  caseation;  occasionally  infection  occurs  through  skin  inoculation•  Manifestations  can  occur  in  many  organs-Lungs-Skin-Bone-Genitourinary  tract-CNS•  Pulmonary  infection  -Predilection  for  upper  lobes-Hilar  mediastinal  adenopathy  unusual  (unlike  histoplasmosis  and  coccidioidomycosis)