"Blastomyces: Why Be Dimorphic?" by Dennis J Baumgardner

Selected Works of Dennis J. Baumgardner, MD

Article

Blastomyces: Why Be Dimorphic?

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

Dennis J Baumgardner, Aurora UW Medical Group, Aurora Health Care

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Publication Date

4-22-2016

Keywords

fungi,
infection,
lung disease,
blastomycosis

Disciplines

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses,
Fungi,
Infectious Disease,
Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and
Pathogenic Microbiology

Abstract

In introducing the infectious disease focus for this edition of the Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, the author describes the unsolved mysteries surrounding the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces and the related pathogenesis of pulmonary blastomycosis.

Citation Information

Baumgardner DJ. Blastomyces: Why be dimorphic? J Patient Cent Res Rev. 2016;3:61-63. doi: 10.17294/2330-0698.1256