ISOLATION OF BLASTOMYCES-DERMATITIDIS FROM PIGEON MANURE

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Abstract
A 45 yr old white male horticulturist with acute progressive blastomycosis was recently diagnosed and treated. Epidemiologic studies revealed that the patient used a load of pigeon manure as fertilizer .apprx. 6 wk before becoming ill. He used the pigeon manure only once, resealed the remainder, and stored it in his hothouse. Samples of the pigeon guano were digested with 10% KOH, and the characteristic yeast forms of B. dermatitidis were seen in large numbers. The fungus was cultured from another sample of the same material. This is the 1st time that the pathogenic fungus B. dermatitidis was isolated from the environment in association with a human case.

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