Isolation of Blastomyces dermatitidis from an earthen floor in southwestern Ontario, Canada
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 24 (5) , 890-891
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.24.5.890-891.1986
Abstract
The first Canadian isolation of Blastomyces dermatitidis from nature is recorded. This was from the earthern floor of a petroleum filtering shed located in southwestern Ontario. A technician working in this environment became infected and was diagnosed as having systemic blastomycosis with meningeal involvement.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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